Day 58 (Fifty-eight) of 365 days
Is everything really better in moderation? I think so. Leading a happy life is the common end of a human being. To reach this goal, there are many steps to be walked and there are many ideas to come up with.
“Everything in moderation. Too much of everything is bad”. Moderation is a precious virtue towards which every person should tend. Unfortunately, many of us make the mistake of turning a moment of pleasure into a lifelong vice.
Moderation is the key that enables us to be at our best as humans, striking a proper balance between the mind, body, and spirit. Anything too much is detrimental to our mood, health, and life, even the good things. For instance, doing too much sport, to stay fit, may do more harm than good. From my point of view, it is more than true that moderation is vital if we want to have a healthy lifestyle.
Being moderate allows us to taste the joys of life in abundance which surely will offer us much more pleasure. Have you been in a relationship that started with amazing passion? You got butterflies every time you saw the person and wanted to be with them every moment of every day. The connection was electric, but after a few months, things started to fizzle. You began to get bored and restless. The fire faded to a spark. Or have you ever moved to a new and breathtakingly beautiful place? The first few months you lived there you were awed each day by the scenery. Just going out to get something was an opportunity to gaze with wonder into the distance. But as the years go by, those once heartbreaking surroundings became just the ordinary background of your day-to-day life.
The common thread in these situations is that they show how our brains quickly become accustomed to simulation. While at first our senses are acutely tuned in to the input they are receiving, they fast become acclimated to the stimuli. The stimuli lose the ability to wow us and give us pleasure. We became numb to it and reach for something new to experience those fresh feelings anew.
This is certainly the answer society gives us for our restlessness, our boredom, our anxiousness, and unhappiness. The answer is always more … more simulation. Yet paradoxically, the more simulation we receive, the less joy and enjoyment we get out of it. The key to experiencing greater fulfillment and pleasure is actually moderation. It helps us to seek greater enjoyment and pleasure in things we are already doing now or have.
