By contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things. And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live by the Spirit, let us also be guided by the Spirit. Let us not become conceited, competing against one another, envying one another. (Galatians 5: 22-26)

In giving ourselves to Christ we are transformed. Our preoccupation with the self is turned around. Instead of looking in, we look out. The works of the flesh become unsatsfactory. We find pleasure in how we relate with others.

Love - agape - fully recognizing the value of another.
Joy - chara - gladness in greeting another.
Peace - eirene - harmony between individuals.
Patience - makrothumia - persistent, constant, and longsuffering.
Kindness - chrestotes - to treat others in a fit and useful way.
Generosity - agathosune - honorable dealing with others.
Faithfulness - pistis - reliable and trustworthy.
Gentleness - prautes - attentive to the needs of others.
Self-control - egkrateia - temperate, having power over the self.

I do not read Paul as despising the flesh. But I do hear him insisting the Spirit must guide the flesh. Through the Spirit we find purpose, order, direction - and transcendent pleasure.