"The joy the Stoics were interested in can best be described as a kind of objectless enjoyment - an enjoyment not of any particular thing but of all this. It is a delight in simply being able to participate in life. It is a profound realization that even though all this didn’t have to be possible, it is possible - wonderfully, magnificently possible."
William B. Irvine | A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy