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The pleasure arising in the proper context of community is oriented outside of self and towards others, and ultimately toward God. We orient ourselves to the context of God's pleasure, and thus our pleasure is never an end in itself, never narcissistic, but always interpersonal. Sharing our resources and ourselves,...there we come to an appropriate sort of individual pleasure. This is healing pleasure. p. 69