Oooh I like the focus on pleasure--we are on the same wave length...yes. Open eyes and ears, "Balance" and over the top on the positive side--it works every time! Excellent verse.

In the last several months, my ideas of balancing the pleasure with the suffering have changed. I used to think suffering was simply a self-imposed and unnecessary experience. Now I am entertaining the idea that suffering has a value, and sometimes I think it is in direct proportion to the amount of pleasure we allow ourselves to enjoy. And sometimes I think that suffering is endured to relieve someone else of their burden, a sacrifice performed so that others can know freedom. At any rate, the two are definitely related in my experience, as well as unavoidable. And being awake is always the best. Wise discovery.

The evolution of personality :) The 'He' that speaks is an inheritance of some kind, balancing the creation and the need for absolution. I rest my case - it's exhausted from dragging all this garbage in my wake. F list addition - subject, dialogue and ultimate encapsulation.