If our goal is to be happy – feel good about ourselves – then anything that distracts us from this goal is misery – now in life we can be attracted to listening to God or to listening to our body – but the body doesn’t sell happiness – the body like every animal simply seeks a. Preservation, hence it produces anxiety over what may cause it’s extinction b. The body desires instant gratification (hence addictions) c. The body desires to never feel uncomfortable, miserable or in pain