When someone is asked to name an enjoyable place, most people would probably say malls, bars, gardens, resorts, and etc. Very rare are those people who would say church, or anywhere with God. It is very innate for us to search for enjoyment. But is it really something to be asked where, or is it something that is supposed to be asked with whom? Being a person who once looked for enjoyment, I want to let others know how I found enjoyment in God by defining true enjoyment and comparing and contrasting the enjoyment given by Godly actions with the earthly ones.
They say, "How can God be enjoyable? He just provides us with a bunch of rules."
Why is there a congress and a senate in a state? To provide laws isn't it? Why do they make laws? Is it not because they are tasked to make the country peaceful and orderly? Does the existence of laws make this country a less enjoyable place? A state without a law will simply be a mess. I think this is the same with God's purpose of providing us laws. It is for His people to have peace and order among themselves. Those laws can never be for God's sake; God does not need anything anymore. It is us who need those laws -wouldn't a place with harmony be enjoyable? He just prevents us from making decisions that we will regret later in our lives, but still makes us free enough to choose whether we will follow what He wants.
I have always said and felt that true enjoyment cannot be descirbed.
-Jean-Jacques Rousseau
I believe that the same with happiness, love, joy and peace, enjoyment is one of the words that can never be described by words itself. However, in this essay, we will try to define enjoyment even in a very general way.
A place of enjoyment is somewhere we take pleasure in; somewhere we are confident, at peace, happy and carefree.
True enough, people find enjoyment in many different places and in many different ways. However, just like any mood or feelings, enjoyment is not something that is likely to be permanent --esp. in this world where change is constant. Now, the critical question is, what's next after that enjoyment? This world can surely provide enjoyment. Happiness in fame and money; the carefree feeling of being drunk and high, the pleasure of adrenaline when we do something rush; and many more. Enjoyment of these things when abused may cause us situations that we may regret in the future. It can be an enjoyment for a short period of time, but can cost a lifetime of consequences; a lifetime of suffering. But we cannot deny that emptiness will always be present in our hearts no matter how we drown ourselves with the pleasures of this world. We are not forever young nor forever healthy to enjoy the things this world offers. As we grow old, we will come to a point when the things in this world won't matter anymore. We will search for that thing that will fill our empty hearts. We will be surprised to know that no matter how gratified we are with with the recreations and luxuries in this world, we will never feel complete because, yes, we are satisfied physically and emotionally, but our being have spiritual needs too. These spiritual pleasures, compared to other delectation we usually desire, gives lifelong enjoyment. Free from the feeling of guilt; free from pain; free from any regret. It is the only pleasure that promises to be eternal. It is an enjoyment that can last forever. How can I say so? Because it is an enjoyment that is beyond this imperfect earth; that can go more than the boundaries of this constantly changing world. It can surpass death and it can be carried after our journey in this life.
I may sound as a world hater, but the truth is, the world is a wonderful place. The only known planet that contains life. What I hate are the sins and the fire that engulfed such a wonderful place.
Will we choose to settle for the short term-enjoyment which will probably give us remorse in the future, it will we aim for the long-term enjoyment which will give us eternal happiness?
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