If it feels good, just do it?

Nike’s “just do it” slogan, used to be, “if it feels good, just do it.”

That was consistent with the general trend of enlightenment, to abandon all mores, values, constraints on human emotions.

We ended up with a nation that restricted itself not, that never has been more aimless, miserable, existentially confused, depressed, and unfortunately, often both suicidal and having done the irreversible act.

What’s the truth – should we deny ourselves pleasure?!

Rabbi Abraham Twerski, an expert on addiction explains, happiness comes not from pleasure, but from meaning.

This of course, is the fundamental error of western society, that the pursuit of pleasure is synonymous with the pursuit of happiness.

Nothing could be further from the truth, as we – living in this society know, the pursuit of happiness is the pursuit of meaning; and to the extent that pleasure assists or detracts from that pursuit, is the only function that it may play.