A Wolf in Sheep´s Clothing

What’s the purpose of life? What are we here for? This of course, I cannot tell you, but what I think (here I totally agree with Savater) is we should enjoy the little pleasures life give us TODAY. Nowadays, due to us being all the time on the go, our life revolves around our worries, duties, problems, etc. That’s to say, our mind is never relaxed taking pleasure in a moment, a flavour, a song, etc. I believe we should slow down a bit and find those little things in our lives that make us feel happy and take time to enjoy them to a full extent. Another important thing to consider, when talking about pleasures, is our control or lack of control over them. The concept of pleasure is often misunderstood. On the one hand, it is believed it’s wrong to enjoy any pleasure as it may be unfair to get pleasure from something others don’t have, so you should feel ashamed! On the other hand, many times people cannot distinguish between use and abuse of “pleasures” and end up losing control of their own lives. When we use a pleasure, we enrich our lives and you not only like this pleasure more but also you love your life more. But when we abuse, we impoverish our lives and then we are not interested in enjoying our lives but only one pleasure. This issue is closely related to what happens nowadays all around the world, especially when talking about the use of drugs. People usually resort to drugs to escape from their own harsh reality and I consider it vital to make a point of this. The abuse of drugs is not a pleasure in life which makes it better but it’s a way of escaping from life as it makes you its slave. It’s a punishment disguised as a pleasure that many times leads you to death.