This is the typical Humpty Dumpty case. You cannot live on the edge of anything unless you want to lose your life quickly, or lose the control of your life.Why not take pleasure in life? Life is nice if you live it nicely, so why not gratify yourself?
There are many pleasures in life... Why not have a pleasant life?
The pleasure of having a dinner with friends, the pleasure of travelling, the pleasure of doing where you like, the pleasure of resting, the pleasure of sharing moments with your partner, etc.
There is nothing wrong with pleasure. Daily pleasures make your life better. But as I already mention extremes are not good at all. To much pleasure could kill you (Lol). You can enjoy the pleasures of life while being a down-to-earth person. You should take the control of your life, and enjoy your life, but excess of pleasures tend to distract yourself from your lives.
If you like drinking wine, and you enjoy it, Ok!, as long as you don't wake up naked in the middle of the park (I mean, you lose the control of your life).
Another important point to be made is that pleasures are not good if you damage your environment (or yourself). I mean, a drunk person can be funny for the first five minutes, but if you have to be with them for a long time, they stop being funny.
From pleasure we can get happiness!
The art of getting happiness from pleasure is known as Temperance, what I would sum up as Living in Balanced!
"La moderación presupone el placer; la abstinencia, no.
Por eso hay mas abstemios que moderados."
4 comments:
Hi Pame!
I totally agree with you. I think our life is like a car launched at high speed, if we do not take control of it, it may be on the verge of a crash.
It is all right to enjoy the pleasures of life, but too much pleasure may be dangerous. We should be the owners of our life, that is dominate our passions, impulses, instincts or we'll become their slaves.
I love studying English, for example, but focusing only on my studies may make me forget about my family which has priority over my career.
Lol,
Lili
"Life is nice if you live it nicely" :-D
"Pleasures can drive you away from your life" :-(( Life is pleasure!
One last thing: I'm afraid I don't get what the quote at the end means... could you please paraphrase it for me? And do you know whose it is?
Way to go!
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Hi Gladys,
"La moderación presupone el placer; la abstinencia, no.
Por eso hay mas abstemios que moderados."
The quote is from Savater's book, it's just at the end of the chapter.It's anonymous.
I didn't get the idea at first reading. Well, I don't know if get it now. (lol).
Moderate person = pleasure.
Extremely moderate = abstinence = no pleasure at all.
And now I got lost. It doesn't say the same I understood when I read it. But it's ironic. Let me think a bit more...
Pame
Aha!
Now I start seeing the light... it's "easier" to reject pleasure than to "control" it... or am I reading my own version of the book by now???
:-P
Gladys
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