Our final conclusion: Satisfaction is the experience of circumstantial
and subjectively positive change.
Let us tell you how we got there. Not to use the same word over and
over agin in the same sentence but here are some the defining
conclusions that we made from our initial conclusions that has led to
the above, revised conclusion:
• Satisfaction can potentially come from nowhere.
• Satisfaction can potentially be a serendipitous experience.
• And often we’re satisfied because “that experience” didn’t
exist a moment before. This experience can be on a conscious and/or a
subconscious level.
• This experience can be introverted and private and/or it could
require other people within the circumstance to be satisfying
• Sometimes satisfaction is short-lived and simple.
• Satisfaction, most often, requires a positive experience.
• However, any experience is relative to the individual within a
particular physical environment, society and time.
• Satisfaction often does possess, but does not require, a dichotomy.
We are satisfied because of “the change”.
• If a dichotomy DOES in fact exist within all things that are
satisfying, we are circumstantially unaware of the dark/yang/angst
element that sometimes act as a counter-satisfaction to the positive
change.
To illustrate our conclusion with a quasi-real senario:
Donuts are delicious. If one were to offer you a free, powdered jelly
donut, you would be silly not to say, “Thanks!”, eat it, and enjoy the
satisfaction that comes from the taste, texture, and smell of the
delicious, americanized pastry. The serendipitous experience is a
delicious one. This is definitely an instance of introverted
satisfaction, by enjoying the senses that are evoked from eating the
donut. But possibly it involves that nice person who gave it to you
for free. One might factor in the environment of the donut shop.
This is a place where insomniacs unite and enjoy the hours of the day
when the world is quiet. There’s satisfaction being in a quiet world,
being productive at unusual hours before the birds chirp, and at the
same time, feeling like you are a part of a community; this compounds
your moment of satisfaction. You might experience a sense of
belonging in this place, and maybe even free and safe in your society
(for this example, we’re in Columbus, Ohio, of course!). Maybe you
were previously very hungry, and now you’re not. The experience is
undoubtably a positive change. But suddenly there is a moment where
you accept the fact that it was not the most nutritious food you could
have eaten. This entire experience has now become subjective in
relation to you, your esteem, and your personal health. There could
be a counter-satisfaction thought process to this instance, but not
necessarily.
