Welcome to Let It Be Easy with Susie Moore.

Do you ever overindulge?

I think that we all do sometimes maybe we overindulge with the binge watching or maybe with sweet treats or going out a lot,

you know, a series of nights out, you know, the holiday season's approaching. There's going to be

a lot of that. Wherever you might overindulge in pleasure, I have a fable for you today. I love this one. It is called, my friends, the huntsman and the

fisherman. A huntsman returning with his dogs from the field fell in by chance with a fisherman,

bringing home a basket well laden with fish. The huntsman wished to have the

fish and their owner experienced an equal longing for the contents of the game bag. They quickly

agreed to exchange the produce of their day's sport. Each was so well pleased with his bargain that

they made for some time the same exchange day after day.

A neighbour said to them, if you go on this way, you will soon destroy by frequent use the pleasure of your exchange.

And each will again wish to retain the fruits of his own sport.

Abstain and enjoy.

Truly with the holiday season approaching, eating, drinking, meetups, hanging out,

it can be too much of a good thing.

Have you ever had something on your calendar that's meant to be enjoyable and fun,

but you look at it and you go, gosh, I wish that were cancelled?

Where even pleasure, things that are meant to evoke pleasure and excitement within us,

we have a feeling of dread.

My friends, let's space things out. Why can't we say,

you know, why can't we enjoy the pleasure of restraint in some cases? You know, if I've got a

really busy social calendar, for example, it's very different going out and dressing up and

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