Joy is a term that comes from the Latin word gaudĭum and refers to the joy of the spirit or the feeling of complacency when possessing or remembering something desirable. Enjoying, therefore, is associated with enjoying and with any action that generates happiness for the subject. For example: “I enjoy seeing my son smile,” “There is no greater joy in my life than sitting on the couch with my wife to enjoy a good movie while we drink wine.”
Joy is also linked to sexual enjoyment . The action of enjoying, therefore, can refer to the satisfaction that an intimate relationship produces: “I enjoy every time I am with you.”
Within the literary field we have to say that the term joy is also used. Specifically, it is used to refer to the poetic composition that is made with the clear objective of honoring certain Saints or even the Virgin. It is interesting to note that said ode, which is divided into couplets, has a chorus that is repeated periodically.
In addition to this, in Literature we must expose the existence of a very famous work that in its title uses the word that concerns us now. This is the novel “Los gozos y lasshadows” published in 1957 by the Galician writer Gonzalo Torrente Ballester, one of the most important figures in Spanish literature. Throughout his career he received awards such as the National Prize for Literature, the Cervantes and the Prince of Asturias.
The aforementioned work, considered one of the best Spanish Literature of all time, is divided into three parts (“The Lord Arrives”, “Where the Air Turns Around” and “The Sad Easter”) and presents us with the society of a small fishing town in the years before the outbreak of the Civil War.
For Christianity , joy is a virtue that emanates from the Holy Spirit . It is about the effect of charity and involves a deep joy that the Holy Spirit instills in those who place their faith in God . Joy differs from happiness in that it does not depend on external circumstances, but is determined by the activity of the Holy Spirit within the person.
Gozo , on the other hand, is an island in the Maltese archipelago whose name in Maltese is Ghawdex . It is located in the Mediterranean Sea, has an area of 67 square kilometers and is inhabited by about 30,000 people. The most populated city on the island of Gozo is Victoria .
In addition to all of the above, we must highlight the existence of a series of expressions that use the term in question. One of them, of a colloquial verbal type, is “someone cannot contain enough joy” which makes it clear that a person is very happy for some specific reason.
Another use of the term joy, finally, is associated with the flare that dry wood raises when it burns.