Can Joyism Replace Terrorism?

And what do hot dogs have to do with it?

Everyone knows what a terrorist is, right? They are people who spread fear and terror to the people they come into contact with; often — but not always — with bloodshed involved.

As everyone knows there has been a significant increase in the number of domestic terrorists in America. And their objective of spreading fear and terror is working.

So what do we do? Do we clamp down, fight back and wage war against the terrorists? Do we instill fear and terror in the terrorists? Or does that make us terrorists?

I began wondering what the opposite of a terrorist is. Is it someone who spreads love and joy to everyone they come into contact with? Is the opposite of a terrorist a joyist? Well, neither my handy-dandy tattered old dictionary nor Google nor the Medium editor even recognize ‘joyist’ or ‘joyism’ as words. What do we call someone who spreads love and joy to every human they come into contact with?

Why is there no word for this? I don’t think the word, ‘saint,’ qualifies because you can’t be a saint unless the Pope says you are. A true saint wouldn’t care what some religious figurehead proclaims or, for that matter, what anyone else thinks. There is no acronym to affix to the end of one’s name to signify sainthood like ‘Ph.D.’ signifies educational accomplishment. A true saint would no doubt prefer to work incognito.

I’m convinced that is what Jesus would do. I wrote about that in my story, Buying Hotdogs From Jesus. So many Christians have this fantasy that one day the clouds in the sky will open up and Jesus will descend down a magic staircase and when he got down to Earth he would wave his arm and everything will suddenly be okay. I don’t see it that way.

I figure if the J Dude is going to come back he will want to be incognito. He wouldn’t want to draw any attention to himself. (Who needs another crucifixion, right?) He’d get a job working at a hot dog vending cart down on Main Street. He would personally bless each and every hot dog that he made and sold to a customer. Then when the customers would eat their hot dog they would be filled with the blessings of love and joy. And they would never suspect that it was the hot dog guy.

That way Jesus would never have to appear on the six o’clock news or appear on late night talk shows to defend what he was doing and convince everyone of who he was. He could just lead a simple life while spreading love and joy to everyone. No one would know it was him and no one would create some wiener-based religion about it.

If Jesus came back in this way wouldn’t he be the very opposite of a terrorist?

But wait a minute! Anyone can do that. We don’t have to be a Jesus to be a Joyist. Most of us have jobs. We may not make hot dogs but we make something or do something or share something. We can bless and imbue whatever we make or do or share with pure love and joy and that love and joy will spread to everyone that comes into contact with whatever we make or do or share. Instead of terrorists spreading fear and terror we would become Joyists spreading love and joy. As more of us do this vibrations of love and joy will begin circling the planet and uplift the vibrations of everyone. Would this drown out the fires of terrorism? Would the negative vibrations of terrorism be cancelled out by the overwhelming vibrations of love and joy?

Could Joyism catch on? Could it really make a difference? Is it the antidote to terrorism? Can it be done without a leader; just by each of us doing it individually? Could it save lives?

Or am I being altogether way too woo-woo?

I guess there is only one way to find out…

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