{"id":116912,"date":"2026-08-04T11:54:33","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T11:54:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trottbaileyfamily.com\/1drop\/?p=116912"},"modified":"2026-08-04T11:54:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T11:54:33","slug":"eat-drink-and-be-merry-what-is-the-cost-of-a-life-without-delight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trottbaileyfamily.com\/1drop\/eat-drink-and-be-merry-what-is-the-cost-of-a-life-without-delight\/","title":{"rendered":"Eat, Drink and Be Merry.What Is the Cost of a Life Without Delight?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"116913\" src=\"https:\/\/trottbaileyfamily.com\/1drop\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/1000010187-1024x768.png\" alt=\"A woman with dreadlocks sketches in a 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line-height: 1.65;\n    text-align: center;\n    text-transform: uppercase;\n  }\n\n  @media (max-width: 640px) {\n    .tb-merry-article {\n      margin: 16px 8px;\n      padding: 26px 20px 36px;\n      border-radius: 20px;\n      font-size: 17px;\n      line-height: 1.75;\n    }\n\n    .tb-merry-header {\n      margin-bottom: 36px;\n    }\n\n    .tb-merry-article h2 {\n      margin-top: 46px;\n    }\n\n    .tb-merry-pullquote,\n    .tb-merry-data,\n    .tb-merry-sequence,\n    .tb-merry-final {\n      padding: 22px 20px;\n    }\n  }\n<\/style>\n\n<article class=\"tb-merry-article\">\n\n  <header class=\"tb-merry-header\">\n    <p class=\"tb-merry-kicker\">\n      The Art of Living Delightfully\n    <\/p>\n\n    <h1>Eat, Drink and Be Merry<\/h1>\n\n    <p class=\"tb-merry-subtitle\">\n      What Is the Cost of a Life Without Delight?\n    <\/p>\n  <\/header>\n\n  <p class=\"tb-merry-opening\">\n    A toilet should be ordinary.\n  <\/p>\n\n  <p>\n    You should be able to leave home, move through public life and trust that\n    somewhere nearby there is a clean, private place where your body can relieve\n    itself in dignity.\n  <\/p>\n\n  <p>\n    Imagine if that were not true.\n  <\/p>\n\n  <p>\n    Imagine spending every day calculating where you could go privately, safely\n    and comfortably.\n  <\/p>\n\n  <p>\n    Imagine having to hide, hold yourself, search, worry or expose your body\n    because the world had not prepared for one of the most predictable facts of\n    human life.\n  <\/p>\n\n  <p>\n    That would be undignified.\n  <\/p>\n\n  <p>\n    It would also be deeply undelightful.\n  <\/p>\n\n  <div class=\"tb-merry-data\">\n    <p>\n      In 2024, <strong>3.4 billion people lacked safely managed sanitation<\/strong>,\n      and <strong>354 million people still practised open defecation<\/strong>,\n      according to UNICEF and the World Health Organization.\n    <\/p>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <p>\n    Human beings have built towers, weapons, financial systems, airports and\n    machines capable of leaving the planet.\n  <\/p>\n\n  <p>\n    But billions of people still cannot depend upon a dignified toilet.\n  <\/p>\n\n  <div class=\"tb-merry-pullquote\">\n    That is not a failure of human intelligence.<br>\n    It is a failure of organization.\n  <\/div>\n\n  <hr class=\"tb-merry-rule\">\n\n  <h2>The Earth is a badly organized house<\/h2>\n\n  <p>\n    To World Ruler Sher, the Earth is one house.\n  <\/p>\n\n  <p>\n    It is beautiful.\n  <\/p>\n\n  <p>\n    It is valuable.\n  <\/p>\n\n  <p>\n    It contains food, water, land, intelligence, talent, materials and tremendous\n    possibility.\n  <\/p>\n\n  <p>\n    But right now, it is a messy and badly organized house.\n  <\/p>\n\n  <p>\n    Some parts of the house overflow with goods while others lack the basics.\n  <\/p>\n\n  <p>\n    Useful things are produced and wasted.\n  <\/p>\n\n  <p>\n    People go hungry beside abundance.\n  <\/p>\n\n  <p>\n    Families are exhausted.\n  <\/p>\n\n  <p>\n    Children are bored.\n  <\/p>\n\n  <p>\n    Older people become isolated.\n  <\/p>\n\n  <p>\n    Public places are organized around spending rather than living.\n  <\/p>\n\n  <p>\n    The body is expected to function inside conditions that were never\n    thoughtfully prepared for it.\n  <\/p>\n\n  <p>\n    The mind is expected to remain lively while surrounded by repetition, fear,\n    pressure and ugliness.\n  <\/p>\n\n  <p>\n    Then people are blamed when they become tired, dulled or miserable.\n  <\/p>\n\n  <hr class=\"tb-merry-rule\">\n\n  <h2>Misery has a measurable cost<\/h2>\n\n  <p>\n    People often speak as though delight were frivolous.\n  <\/p>\n\n  <p>\n    Beauty is treated as extra.\n  <\/p>\n\n  <p>\n    Rest is treated as laziness.\n  <\/p>\n\n  <p>\n    Play is treated as childish.\n  <\/p>\n\n  <p>\n    Music, laughter, discovery and family time are treated as rewards that must\n    be earned after the serious work is finished.\n  <\/p>\n\n  <p>\n    But what is the cost of the opposite of delight?\n  <\/p>\n\n  <div class=\"tb-merry-sequence\">\n    Exhaustion.<br>\n    Anxiety.<br>\n    Dulled attention.<br>\n    Damaged relationships.<br>\n    Impatient parenting.<br>\n    Loss of motivation.<br>\n    Loss of creativity.<br>\n    Years spent waiting to enjoy being alive.\n  <\/div>\n\n  <p>\n    The cost is not merely emotional.\n  <\/p>\n\n  <div class=\"tb-merry-data\">\n    <p>\n      The World Health Organization estimates that depression and anxiety cause\n      <strong>12 billion lost working days every year<\/strong>, costing the global\n      economy approximately <strong>US$1 trillion annually<\/strong> in lost\n      productivity.\n    <\/p>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <p>\n    This does not mean that music, orchards or pleasant surroundings alone cure\n    mental illness.\n  <\/p>\n\n  <p>\n    It means misery is not free.\n  <\/p>\n\n  <p>\n    Poorly organized human life produces real consequences for bodies, minds,\n    families and entire civilizations.\n  <\/p>\n\n  <hr class=\"tb-merry-rule\">\n\n  <h2>Delight is part of proper organization<\/h2>\n\n  <p>\n    A toilet is not considered frivolous because the body predictably needs one.\n  <\/p>\n\n  <p>\n    Food is not frivolous because the body predictably needs nourishment.\n  <\/p>\n\n  <p>\n    Water is not frivolous because the body must drink and wash.\n  <\/p>\n\n  <p class=\"tb-merry-short\">\n    So why should the needs of the mind be treated as decoration?\n  <\/p>\n\n  <div class=\"tb-merry-sequence\">\n    The mind needs stimulation.<br>\n    It needs learning.<br>\n    It needs relationships.<br>\n    It needs movement.<br>\n    It needs beauty.<br>\n    It needs problems worth solving.<br>\n    It needs laughter, discovery and reasons to expect something good from tomorrow.\n  <\/div>\n\n  <p>\n    A civilization prepared for human life should anticipate those needs too.\n  <\/p>\n\n  <p>\n    Not as luxury.\n  <\/p>\n\n  <p>\n    Not as a reward for the rich.\n  <\/p>\n\n  <p>\n    Not as entertainment purchased after exhaustion.\n  <\/p>\n\n  <div class=\"tb-merry-pullquote\">\n    As ordinary public provision.\n  <\/div>\n\n  <hr class=\"tb-merry-rule\">\n\n  <h2>Eat, drink and be merry<\/h2>\n\n  <p>\n    \u201cEat, drink and be merry\u201d does not mean become careless, wasteful or useless.\n  <\/p>\n\n  <p>\n    It means nourish the body.\n  <\/p>\n\n  <p>\n    Keep the mind awake.\n  <\/p>\n\n  <div class=\"tb-merry-sequence\">\n    Sit with people you love.<br>\n    Laugh.<br>\n    Listen to music.<br>\n    Move.<br>\n    Build.<br>\n    Invent.<br>\n    Rest.<br>\n    Celebrate what has been accomplished.\n  <\/div>\n\n  <p>\n    Then rise and continue living.\n  <\/p>\n\n  <p>\n    Fruit must still be grown.\n  <\/p>\n\n  <p>\n    Food must still be prepared.\n  <\/p>\n\n  <p>\n    Children must still be cared for.\n  <\/p>\n\n  <p>\n    Buildings must still be maintained.\n  <\/p>\n\n  <p>\n    Systems must still function.\n  <\/p>\n\n  <div class=\"tb-merry-pullquote\">\n    Work should support life.<br>\n    Life should not be sacrificed to work.\n  <\/div>\n\n  <section class=\"tb-merry-final\">\n    <h2>World Ruler Sher will not wait<\/h2>\n\n    <p>\n      World Ruler Sher refuses to wait for the world to develop an appetite for\n      its own wellbeing.\n    <\/p>\n\n    <p>\n      She will not stand inside a disorganized house, complain about the mess and\n      wait for someone else to make it livable.\n    <\/p>\n\n    <p>\n      She will freely lend her mind, imagination and talents to reorganize the\n      house.\n    <\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"tb-merry-sequence\">\n      To rethink how people eat.<br>\n      How families live.<br>\n      How children learn.<br>\n      How land produces.<br>\n      How public life feels.<br>\n      How bodies are cared for.<br>\n      How minds remain alive.<br>\n      How delight becomes ordinary.\n    <\/div>\n\n    <p>\n      The orchards, food, games, music, architecture, clean public toilets and\n      washing places, family grounds and places of rest all grow from that\n      decision.\n    <\/p>\n\n    <p>\n      Not merely to help people survive inside the house.\n    <\/p>\n\n    <p>\n      <strong>But to make the house worthy of life.<\/strong>\n    <\/p>\n\n    <p class=\"tb-merry-closing\">\n      The meal is here.<br>\n      The family is here.<br>\n      The mind is still ticking.<br>\n      You are alive now.<br><br>\n\n      <strong>Eat. Drink. Laugh. Love. Build. Rest. Be merry.<\/strong>\n    <\/p>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"tb-merry-sources\">\n    <h3>Sources<\/h3>\n\n    <p>\n      UNICEF and World Health Organization, 2025 update on global drinking water,\n      sanitation and hygiene progress:\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unicef.org\/press-releases\/fast-facts-1-4-people-globally-still-lack-access-safe-drinking-water-who-unicef\"\n         target=\"_blank\"\n         rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n        global sanitation figures\n      <\/a>.\n    <\/p>\n\n    <p>\n      World Health Organization, \u201cMental Health at Work\u201d:\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/news-room\/fact-sheets\/detail\/mental-health-at-work\"\n         target=\"_blank\"\n         rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n        lost working days and global productivity cost\n      <\/a>.\n    <\/p>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <footer class=\"tb-merry-authorship\">\n    Trott Bailey Family Civilization<br>\n    Authored by World Ruler Sherika Trott Bailey\n  <\/footer>\n\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Art of Living Delightfully Eat, Drink and Be Merry What Is the Cost of a Life Without Delight? A toilet should be ordinary. You should be able to leave home, move through public life and trust that somewhere nearby there is a clean, private place where your body can relieve itself in dignity. 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