Sometimes Pleasure is Pain

"You can please some people all the time, and you can please all the people some of the time. But you can't please all people all the time"
-Bob Marley

Who's not a fan of Bob Marley? I'd like to focus on the last statement in this quote.
How many of us want to be perfect and do everything right? As humans we need to accept that we can't do everything perfectly. This also includes giving all all notions that we can please everyone all the time. No matter what, there will always be someone who is not quite as satisfied as everyone else. We are all different; we have different wants, desires, passions, fears, preferences etc. This is not inherently bad. Certainly it is unfortunate that so many of us are left dissatisfied after a decision as simple as what movie to watch. But that is a fact of life that all people must accept at one point or another; 'you can't always get what you want.'

But the theory can also be expanded to greater decisions in life such as who to marry. You may be happy, your fiancee may be happy, your mother, father, sister, brother's dog might be happy. But there will always be that one person who is upset; maybe it's your grandfather, uncle, great aunt, or childhood friend, who wished you had picked your previous boyfriend/girlfriend. We must accept the fact that all our decisions have consequences, and all people are affected by them, directly or indirectly. We must come to the realization that whether negatively or positively our decisions have weight. We must decide whether the decision we make is worth the affect it will have on others; because you can't please everybody.