Pleasures

Figured I would write a post about pleasures and happiness since people seem to confuse them.  Some people believe pleasures are happiness or bring happiness and they can, but most of the time after the pleasure ends it leaves a void and the void is replaced by something and sometimes its even replaced by sadness.  It becomes hard to live in a world of pleasure when it just gets replaced by sadness.  I'll go ahead and give an example; a car would be a pleasure, it brings us happiness however it can also bring us frustration and sadness when it breaks down.  The point of this article is to point out life is full of pleasures, they all come into existence and they will all go.  We can not change when they quit working, when they break or when they die; but we can control how their faults affect us.  More often than not people become stressed and worried, which is often counter productive to happiness. I recommend that when that happens you take a moment to breathe, think to yourself "I was lucky to have it while it lasted, there are others less fortunate than me, at least I have memories with it." One of the biggest pleasures is life, living is nothing but a pleasure, we can't control when that pleasure ends but we can control how we let it affect us.  Appreciate what you have while you have it because it may not last your life time.  And remember! Breathe.