Physically speaking: severe pain, severe fatigue, severe mental fog, and severe allergies! For example, I'm unable to get outside at all during the summer months since the pollen and pesticides in the air are enough to trigger an autoimmune attack; but even if I could, I could hardly get around the house this last week, anyway. So there's just many layers of physical impediments to such things.
But more generally, it depends on what you mean by "enjoy." I spend what time and energy I'm able on my kids and on reading and things like that, but I think joy is more like a Muse than something one can attain by effort—it comes upon you and inspires you as it will. So I do what I can to allow for the opportunity, but opportunities are nonetheless few.
Nonetheless, if I could have chosen to trade my senses for wisdom, I would have gladly done so—it's hard to be too upset when the trade was made for me!
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Date: 2023-08-29 10:52 am (UTC)But more generally, it depends on what you mean by "enjoy." I spend what time and energy I'm able on my kids and on reading and things like that, but I think joy is more like a Muse than something one can attain by effort—it comes upon you and inspires you as it will. So I do what I can to allow for the opportunity, but opportunities are nonetheless few.
Nonetheless, if I could have chosen to trade my senses for wisdom, I would have gladly done so—it's hard to be too upset when the trade was made for me!