> On Sun, 18 Apr 2010 20:29:51 -0400
> SA <s11131978 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>> Anyone who's ever done the painstaking work
>> of trying to learn a foreign language, or master a piece of music, or
>> solve a difficult math problem, knows that such endeavors are deeply
>> satisfying and that it's precisely the difficulty and effort involved
>> that make them so.
>>
>
> Having done some of the things mentioned, I'd have to say this
> statement is dead wrong. The "difficulty and effort" form no part
> of the pleasure.
Really? Well, it's a big world out there. Having done them too, I'd say difficulty and effort are part of the pleasure - or more exactly, the satisfaction. I wonder what others think.
SA