The Biggest Mistake With Eating Ice Cream

“That kid is so smart.”

“I wish I had an iPhone! I want one myself.”

“Look at that guy. He owns several houses and some of the sickest cars in the world.”

It’s definitely disappointing when we see someone else with something we want. What makes us more upset is that we will never get our hands on it. How we wish we could be like them.

I would like to shed a different perspective on things. So, you think that person you envy lives an awesome life?

Let’s say you are poor. You see somebody who’s wealthy. They eat ice cream every day. Saliva drools from your mouth. If only you could have one bite of that vanilla ice cream. If only they would let you lick their chocolate sundae.

Want to know something? I’m a rich man. I will buy you a lifetime’s supply of ice cream. Sounds good? Alright. Here’s a mint chocolate ice cream cone.

You devour the cone in a minute. Want another one? Sure, here you go. You devour this one in less than a minute. You know what, I know you love ice cream. Look behind me. Here is a truck full of ice cream. Dig in!

After about a day, you sit in the empty truck with the empty ice cream containers. But I know you love ice cream. Here is another truck full of ice cream. What? You don’t want ice cream anymore? You feel terrible? You have cavities? Nonsense. C’mon! Just one more truckload of ice cream. You’re living like that kid who you envied a day ago. Isn’t this what you wanted?

Never assume someone lives an awesome life on the basis on the pleasure they derive of materialism. As George Bernard Shaw once stated, “The man with the toothache thinks everyone happy whose teeth are sound. The poverty stricken man makes the same mistake about the rich man.”