We want to live and enjoy life. we drink and we are merry. We eat what we want to eat because it tastes good. We enjoy our respite from the world and from ourselves and sometimes we desire to be nothing more than lazy and irresponsible, if only for a while. We might ask for too much, but most of us probably do not.

And yet, just for a little time in the sun, just for a beer or two, or a large, filling meal we pay the cost. We are guilty.

“I’ll gain weight.”

“I’m lazy.”

We might say. And still just for that short time living beyond our own strict regiment the fun of doing so is taken away. Relaxation turned to regret. This is not how it is supposed to be but often it is how it is. We reach goals only to have them swept away because we have dared to celebrate.

But we must smile every now and again because misery is our only other option. Take a piece of celebratory cake and our week is ruined. But savor the sweetness and the texture, and savor the slight smile on your lips.

The universe does not exist for us, but we must always remember to rise above the universe.