Pleasures

I believe in pleasure. I mean the kind of pleasure that has no stingy side-effects. Religionists often catagorize certain pleasures as sinful. I’d prefer to say that these are like detours that make the journey to real pleasures take longer and they offer more pain.  Physicists will tell you that pleasure is a function of the brain. We all have our own ideas of pleasure and  we choose them in nearly every waking hour.

Whether we are rich or poor, handsome or homely, more gifted or less gifted, even well or sick, we can choose pleasure rather than displeasure. It’s a pleasure to have things right and to make them right in a pleasing way.  It’s also a pleasure to surmount adversity rather than submit to it. It’s a pleasure to do what you love to do, but also to know that what you’ve chosen to do is right and worthy to be pleasurable.

Many put off pleasures as if they were end of the road things instead of enjoying them during the whole trip. People complain of ugliness in getting older instead of recognizing that there can be beauty at any age, when you know how to define it.

There is no doubt that circumstances affect pleasure. The key point we often miss is that genuine honest pleasure within also produces circumstances of pleasure without. Pleasure in small and large things is a form of gratitude. When I make it a point to enjoy small pleasures all day long  it's no wonder that this leads to great pleasure in the long run.

So, what more can I say? Just this: Giving pleasure and taking it, taking pleasure and giving it, make a cycle that is more fun than a merry-go-round and what’s more, it goes places.