I was once listening to a meditation audiobook by Joseph Goldstein, in which he recounted the story of a guy who had moved into a new house where he could hear beautiful bird sounds coming from the basement. And it pleased him no end.
But later, he realized that the sound was not of birds but of a malfunctioning fire-alarm.
Now, the same beautiful sound became so annoying that he had to immediately summon a technician to fix it.
A lot of our likes and dislikes are like that. For example, heat and sweat are luxuries when we call it sauna. Other times, it is a curse we avoid at huge cost (e.g., centralized air-conditioning).
People spend money to go on long treks but would revolt if they had to walk half that distance to office (even in good weather). Walking can be a luxury. And it can also be a pain.
For many things in life, how we frame things changes how we feel about them.
Frame carefully.
– Rajan