Pleasure... is but for a moment!

Pleasure is often masked in Disappointment because the feeling it brings is one that seems like it could last forever. The feeling that comes with Pleasure is intense by nature and heightens your sense of awareness and they are synonymous to bliss, thrill, glee, delight, etc. These feelings are a more intense version of happiness and the like.

Disappointment is masked in Pleasure because the feeling of Pleasure is what most desire. Being that feelings change according to your state of mind, Pleasure is often replaced by Disappointment the moment the condition that brought you Pleasure is gone. Considering the feeling of Pleasure is what most desire, it is lost and/or short lived simply because nothing on earth lasts forever. Pleasure is an emotion that is formed in the mind and experienced/felt in the body and that is why Disappointment follows.

Joy on the other hand is a state of BEing and doesn't depend on a condition to be experienced. It is consistent whether your life circumstance seems uncomfortable at best or a complete disaster at worst. Joy is not an emotion which explains why the benefit of living in that state does last forever. You see, because Joy is not of this world nothing and no one can take it from you. Joy is a gift from God and offered to ALL who are will to surrender to His Will. God's Will is always for your good and for that reason alone you can rest assured it comes with Peace beyond understanding. Meaning, your life situation may seem to others as something they wouldn't wish on their worst enemy however they can't explain how it is that you not only make it from day to day, but you thrive. Please know this is of no credit or doing on your part but solely because you acknowledge the benefits and take full advantage of  living in the Grace of God.

Living in God's Grace has absolutely nothing to do with your life circumstance. On the contrary, Ego would have you believe your life circumstance is the very reason you aren't living in His Grace. Feelings are fleeting and they are the dominion of Ego because feelings change according to your  life situation which is why they last for but a moment. 

Choose rather to live by Faith not by sight  and you too will experience Joy and Peace beyond understanding. Peace