Joy that speaksThe Joyous
Joy is not a state; it is a relation.
Dui is the lake — two lakes stacked, water meeting water, each visible to the other. Its joy is not private pleasure but the gladness between people born of candor. Dui's image is the mouth — all joy needs saying, needs expression, needs bringing the inner thing into view. Dui's caution: words must be exact; imprecise words turn joy into grievance.
The lines grade joy: harmonious joy — fortune; sincere joy — fortune; but the joy that comes courting, harboring an agenda, is misfortune. The difference is that one word, sincerity. Joy from honesty draws people near; joy from need puts them on guard.
Practice This week say one true sentence to each of three people you want to be near — not grand, not heavy; just unfeigned, unroundabout. Watch what honesty does to the bond.