Happiness?

"But the beauty of the country through which we pass, and the very pleasure of the motion, charm our hearts, and turning these things which we ought to use into objects of enjoyment, we become unwilling to hasten the end of our journey; and becoming engrossed in a factitious delight, our thoughts are diverted from that home whose delights would make us truly happy."

I'll go ahead and admit that I had a hard time with Chapter 4. I think it stuck with me party because I spent so much time contemplating happiness with Aristotle last semester and partly because (and this is super cheesy) I am really happy with my life right now. 

My husband and I have made it a goal of our marriage to travel the world and enjoy everything that we can. Does that take us farther away from the kingdom of God? There are a billion and one things I want to see and do and experience on this earth before I die but is that "becoming engrossed in a factitious delight"?

I guess what I'm grappling with is Augustine's definition of "enjoyment". Certainly he meant that enjoying this life was only detrimental when it distracted from the pursuit of Christ.... Right? Or was he one of those people who thought that suffering was the only way to get to Christ? Ultimately, I have a hard time believing that wanting to get the most out of this incredible life that God has blessed me with is steering me away from His eternal kingdom and I'm just trying to figure out what Augustine thought.

P.s. I commented on Caleb's post