Something I've been pondering lately, particularly with world news, is the way that oppressive regimes seem so intent in removing rights from people who I associate with being full of joy.

I think to experience joy to its fullest, you need to be vulnerable, and so I guess it makes sense that "powerful" people would want to stamp out joy fully because they can't properly experience it, but it makes for real-world tragedy.

And then for my part, it's hard to experience joy to its fullest in the knowledge that there’s so much basic injustice happening within reach.