About pleasure. How to receive it? I will try to think about this topic and share with you. Can I have fun? Why do I have doubts about this issue, maybe I’m not very good at it!? Or maybe it’s quite enough for me!? What to compare with? The measure is individual! And you can only compare it with what you yourself have already experienced. It's like an orgasm. You can’t try on someone else’s. It is important to at least ask this question. On your own, or together with your psychologist, explore the topic: pleasures in my life. I allow, I forbid, I receive, I can? The ability to receive it can be developed like any other ability. And some have talent! Pleasures are clearly related to desires. And also with tastes and preferences. You can't get pleasure from something that is unpleasant to you. But, on the other hand, you can get it unexpectedly by trying something new. There is pleasure in the very novelty. Pleasure is about relaxation, a feeling of security, when there is no fear, anxiety, when there is no tension in the body, and then it, pleasure, penetrates every cell of the body and spreads throughout it in pleasant waves. Yesterday I saw this picture. The manicurist, after meticulously working with her client, drank the long-awaited coffee and stretched sweetly with the words “it spread over my body, through every vein, I feel how nice!” There was pure pleasure on her face! And from the coffee, and from the beautiful result, and from the well-deserved compliment to her work. And I had fun looking at her! Could it be contagious? There are people who know how to find it and get it in the simplest things. And there are those who forbid it for themselves or believe that they will have to pay for it. “If I feel good, then I will definitely feel bad” - self-punishment attitudes, unfortunately, are known to many. Shame and guilt are feelings that stop pleasure. And I also think that in order to receive pleasure you need to be able to do several things: - slow down. Hurry is not a help. - be able to be in the moment here and now. Pleasure is definitely about the present moment, even if it is caused by pleasant memories or pleasant anticipations. - be able to get out of the position of suffering, sacrifice (for those who have this characteristic, a considerable number of people, I tell you) Or learn to suffer with pleasure! Almost theatrical! Pleasure can be associated with satisfaction. For example, from a job well done and results obtained that required effort. It can be associated with joy. And for me personally, it’s still a pleasant surprise. For some, that feeling of pleasure is a very intimate thing, a personal deep experience. And for some, the most important thing is the ability to share it. For example, enjoy the sunrise together. Such a special pleasure from merging, belonging, togetherness. I think it’s good both ways. At different times and in different situations. It’s good when you have someone to share with and it’s good when the ability to receive pleasure and the opportunity to feel it does not depend on another person. The most famous ways to get pleasure are food, sex, creativity. It's good when all these methods are available! Why do you enjoy it? There are enormous resources hidden within your personal list. It is important to know them and use them! I thought about it and thought, stop thinking. It's time to receive! PS: I always get it when listening to this composition. Good music is on my list!