Thank you Tristan for sharing. I believe that we are blindsided by our flashlights. Hence we don't see the flatlight.

Let me explain.

The flashlight is the shiny object syndrome. It's our conscious mind.

The flatlight is what is always there everyday in the background. The flatlight is our subconscious mind that I call my SuoerConscious mind.

To me, happiness is flashlight. It's big, beautiful, hard to grasp and out of our control.

Joy in the other hand is to be found in the present moment, a gift of the Eternal Now. It's within our control. After all we are in the present.


Happiness is a destination that we may never reach. Joy is the journey we can all take right now, right here.

Thank you to The Sturg for getting me here.