yeah you're right that there's more to living that pleasure and flesh, but being focused on those things comes natural to me, i think that's the same with every human being, or every sentient being for that matter. feels wrong to reject urges like those that come from deep within. feels like rejecting myself. i think there's value in accepting that we're all filthy animals who love the flesh and the pleasure - but of course we're also more than that too.  what gets me is the dreadful mortality of everything good and pleasant in this world. everything good dies and gets corrupted along the way. everything rots and rusts and disintegrates and stinks and hurts and poisons horribly doing so. it's just grim, the neverending cycle of slaving away to achieve something nice only to have it decay and be taken away again.
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