Hit the downtown hot spots, play the dating game with your sims, and
live the Pleasure Life Aspiration.
Not exact matches
Further investigations reveals our changing preferences are tied to our sense of how much time we have left to enjoy
life's everyday
pleasures.
In the study people thought back to times in their
lives that gave them
pleasure; moments filled with success, love and friendship.
I had the
pleasure of sitting down with Jeffrey Shinabarger, author of Yes or No: How Your Everyday Decisions Will Forever Change Your
Life and founder of Plywood People, a nonprofit in Atlanta that «leads a community of startups doing good.»
Earlier this year, Dorsey revealed a five - pronged plan, which includes a focus on streaming
live content, to the
pleasure of investors, but the execution of the proposal has been agonizingly slow to follow.
«We
live in a very connected world, and today consumers have platforms to express their
pleasure and displeasure like never before,» says Guney.
Working from home is one of
life's great
pleasures.
A
life without
pleasure would be unbearable but a
life devoted to just
pleasure is certain to be unsatisfying.
One of the great
pleasures of
living abroad, after all, is seeing the world through the eyes of the locals you meet, and you can't do that if the locals aren't much up for meeting outsiders.
Unconcerned about their personal health, they experience little stress and don't feel the need for more
pleasure in their
lives.
If you thought you were going to make $ 100,000 and drive a Porsche immediately out of college, then your standards of success were skewed and superficial, you confused your
pleasure for happiness, and the painful smack of reality hitting you in the face will be one of the best lessons
life ever gives you.
If you can find a way to delay gratification a bit, you'll not only be able to keep your days filled with hard work, but you'll also be able to truly enjoy the small
pleasures in
life, a little at a time.
Whereas the very name Singapore once conveyed the promise of exotic
pleasures, the present reality is so antiseptic that one current novel about the city, Paul Theroux's Saint Jack, recounts the misfortunes of a pimp who can't make a
living there.
Although reheating a Chinese takeout when you've got a hangover is one of
life's great
pleasures, leftover rice can actually be scarily bad for you, the NHS says.
Young engineering graduates could now
live in an urban environment, get work done on the commute, and enjoy the
pleasures of city
life at night and on the weekends.
I've written on distinguishing
pleasure, happiness, and emotional reward, including the relevant series I linked to yesterday «How to bring happiness and emotional reward to your
life by analogy with
pleasure — the series ``.
Take the time to notice beauty and
pleasures in your daily
life.
I suspect the opposite — that
living this way brings more
pleasure, happiness, and emotional reward, and that people who
live this lifestyle appreciate their
pleasure more.
For Brian, a new
life in Thailand ticked all the boxes for a happier retirement, swapping his stressful existence in California for the beachside
pleasures of Koh Samui.
«Let no
pleasure tempt thee, no profit allure thee, no ambition corrupt thee, no example sway thee, no persuasion move thee, to do any thing which thou knowest to be evil; so shalt thou always
live jollily; for a good conscience is a continual Christmas.»
They had many Amish neighbors whom I never had the
pleasure of meeting, but whose way of
life intrigued me.
NOt unorthodox!!!! Its about sacrifice or just making an extra effort in your daily
life in remembrance of what God has done for us... whether it be good deeds, praying more, spending less on vices or earthly
pleasures, etc...
The real truth about sex, says West a father of five is that sex and sexual
pleasure is all about creating
life.
If you don't think it does, then you are either a sociopath, apathetic to any pain or
pleasure you create in the world, or you are not consistent in your beliefs and
live your
life deceiving yourself into believing that
life is worth
living even though it does not have a purpose.
The issues with which the author deals and the questions he raises are aimed at those who would claim any absolute values in this
life, including possessions, fame, success, or
pleasure.
Whether or not there is a heaven, as reward, I would rather strive to a truly higher ideal, than
live down to a common «social norm» that degrades us to mere animal status,
living for our own
pleasure and telling us that our more base desires are good, natural and should not be considered something to be overcome.
Posthuman
pleasure captures the peak of human happiness, the moment just before «the softly - falling soot of ordinary
life» returns to cover our joy.
I am giving up judging myself for enjoying the
pleasures I have discovered and gifts / blessings I have created / received in a
life that is otherwise filled with challenges.
The discipline of place teaches that it is more than enough to care skillfully and lovingly for oneâ $ ™ s own little circle, and this is the model for the good
life, not the limitless jurisdiction of the ego, granted by a doctrine of choice, that is ever seeking its own fulfillment,
pleasure, and satiation.
When someone is dying of Natural death has enough time to think about on unfulfilled dreams or desires and reviewing what he / she has done with their
lives then anguish or
pleasure of fulfillment will be present in every second of the rest of their
lives.
This may be, and probably is, the only
life we get, so to
live «for
pleasure» seems perfectly reasonable.
With the help of a professor he persisted, and ultimately came to see the book as an incredibly rich source for thinking about questions that had already occurred to him: Why not engage in a
life of hedonistic sexual
pleasure, as Augustine did, and as everyone around him was currently doing?
All of the plea.ures we get in
life come from our biology as humans — the
pleasure of $ ex and love, of eating, of success in business or sport (intra-species compet.ition).
We settle for the comfort and
pleasure of the lesser goods in
life rather than pursue the Greatest Good, which is a transformational relationship with God.
I find the unremitting hostility and animus of atheists like «Derp» baffling; for all the seemingly wonderful
life he is enjoying, he seems compelled to get on this site and spew derision, mockery, and hatred against others.I simply do not, can not grasp that mindset; to claim to actually derive
pleasure from in effect being a bully - again, that say a whole lot about his true character.So... Peace & Love to all!!
He apparently enjoyed the material
pleasures of
life, though he probably could afford few of them.
Is this because he is a mean vindictive being who wants to deny us enjoying the full
pleasure this
live has to offer?
Out of all the postings on this site today, I found «Derp's «post the most fascinating and informative, as well as deeply revealing.Even after boasting of what seems to be a practically perfect
live by any measure, he informs us that he takes
pleasure in mocking and ridiculing those of faith who are presumably his opposite; I can only wonder if, given all his supposed accomplishments, he is smart enough to realize how deeply revealing of his true character his remarks are.As a believer, I rarely engage in arguments with my atheist friends, and like to think I wouldn't lower myself to the level of juvenile name - calling and personal attacks against whatever my atheist friends hold dear.Most of the time we simply agree to disagree; when they hold forth with misinformation or ignorance on their assumed «knowledge «of my faith, I try to gently correct them; I certainly don't allow any disagreements we have to devolve into hateful insults and name - calling.
Epicurus taught the idea that
pleasure of the individual was the sole good in
life, though he also believed in the existence of gods, whom they felt did not create the universe, nor inflict punishment or bestow blessings, but that they were disinterested in what man was doing.
The Epicureans urged
living so as to obtain as much
pleasure as possible, holding that
life came about by accident in a mechanical universe.
And to be real in this
life, should we really pursue the
pleasure more than the pain?
If in a few generations everyone that ever knew or loved you will be gone, and you'll be just dust so you'll have no memory of all the
pleasure and pain of this
life, then what's the point of
living?
The Romans thus acquired in their African colonies provisions and olives enough to continue
living «on bread, wine, and
pleasure» in the city of Rome.
You will make known to me the path of
life; in Your presence is fullness of joy; in Your right hand there are
pleasures forever.
I don't understand why I'm blessed in ways others aren't — with health, prosperity,
pleasures,
life itself, and so I fall easily into uneasy, free - floating guilt that dilutes gratitude.
Life is generally valued over death (not always), health is generally valued over disease,
pleasure over pain, ect.
We try to be virtuous enough to eke our way into the Kingdom — should there prove to be one — but our righteousness is
lived so as not to squander this
life's
pleasure potential in case there is no Kingdom.
Much
living, learning, pain, loss, and
pleasure needed space... distance... time.
Are you too busy to enjoy the simple
pleasures of
life — food, drink, rest, beauty?
And for most of us
life makes possible more sophisticated
pleasures as well.