1. What does it mean to ‘have joy’?
2. How do negativity and pessimism rot our joy?
3. Think of the following question as you read the next section, then answer the questions together:
   a) Which one must be sacrificed: The Fruit of the Factory? Why?
   b) What do the factory and the fruit represent in your life?

Imagine this:

You are a fruit farmer. You have the ability and means to grow excellent organic fruit that gets exported globally. There is a massive demand for your fruit. You have more than one kind of fruit, and each crop produces better fruit than the last crop. There is a fresh underground spring that waters the roots of your trees. Your fruit plantations are succulent, juicy, and filled with goodness. One day, your fruit trees take a turn. It’s harvest time, and your fruit has become sour, dehydrated, and grainy. Your trees start wilting. There is a global demand for the kind of fruit you produce, but you cannot deliver. Everything good has now become bad. You investigate to find; that the unstoppable flowing toxic waste has poisoned your underground spring from the nearby factory. You also own the factory and have invested millions in establishing it. Both benefit you. But now, the factory is killing your plantations. Not producing fruit will destroy your future.