It is a good part of our human nature to find happiness in eating and drinking, in intimacy, and in being esteemed by others. There are legitimate ways our natural desires can be satisfied. But due to the wound of original sin, we are as likely to pursue them through gluttony, drunkenness, lust, rivalry, and jealousy. To put on the armor of light is to pursue a life of virtue aided by the grace of Christ. Temperance, for example, is the power to hold back from pleasures that would be sinful, like gluttony, drunkenness, and lust. We are not supposed to be sleepwalking through life. 

We have a purpose and a goal: To live as a child of God now, so as to live with the Blessed Trinity forever.

Blessings,
Deacon