This is kind of a dumb picture for this quote. That looks like a rather pleasant activity to me. But I get what this image is trying to say. Not to point any fingers (at myself or anyone else), but too many people are too obsessed with seeking pleasures. They spend so much time enjoying life, or "enjoying" life, that they don't fulfil the actual purpose of life. They may even be going against it. One of the purposes of life is to become righteous and morally strong, but many of the pleasures of the world fly in the face of those ideals. There are good things that we can take pleasure in, but there are also things that give us pleasure that are not good for us. And spending too much time seeking pleasure, even wholesome pleasure, can be bad for us eternally.
Whether we like it or not, God didn't send us to this planet so we could have a good time. In fact, almost the opposite is true. Yes, there are pleasant things in life, and God intends us to be happy, both in this life and in the next, but much of life is unpleasant, and that is an essential element of God's plan. We are meant to grow strength and wisdom through struggle and hardship. That is why we are here. Arguably, there will be plenty of wholesome pleasures in heaven and all the time in the world to enjoy them. But in the meantime, our time on Earth is limited, and God didn't intend for us to waste that time excessively seeking pleasures.
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