[quote=6packscaredy]so wait–if life were long, we shouldn’t enjoy ourselves? I’m not sure I get why the length of life matters, particularly if it’s short. seems like if it were longer, you’d definitely want to enjoy it, or at least not suffer, since you’d be suffering more over a longer period of time. I guess if life were a lot longer, you could not enjoy a substantial chunk, but still get as much pleasure as you would have with the shorter life or perhaps even more pleasure. For instance, if life were 160 years, you could have 90 crap years, and 70 good ones, and still come out ahead over a guy who lived to be 70 and had a better percentage of 60 good years and 10 crap ones–but less overall happy yeas–60 less happy years!.

life is long; enjoy yourself?

life is one lifespan. enjoy yourself.

i think really the main goal is not to enjoy one’s self, but to avoid suffering.[/quote]

Always find your posts interesting scaredy, and I have to admit you have made some excellent points.

In light of your influence broadening my perspective, and in order to capture the true essence and spirit of this thread, I realize I probably should have said –“Only enjoy the enjoyable parts of your life, and don’t enjoy the unenjoyable parts of your life, wherever you enjoyably or unenjoyably choose to live for whatever enjoyable or unenjoyable period of time you choose to live there.”

And “no” I didn’t copy this astoundingly sage advice from one of Tony Robbin’s books–just in case you were wondering:)