Assume chocolate is your favourite flavour of ice-cream.
Scenario 1
A cup of chocolate ice-cream is lying in your freezer, and you are alone
at home. You open your fridge, get reminded of the ice-cream and pick it up.
You start eating it. You like its taste, but there is nothing exciting. You start
watching a movie while you eat it. Half way, you get bored and place it back in
the freezer.
Scenario 2
A cup of chocolate ice-cream is lying in your freezer, and your friend, who also loves chocolate ice-cream, has come home. You open your fridge, get reminded of the ice-cream and pick it
up. Now you have two options, either share it with him, or sacrifice it to him.
You are not able to decide.
Your friend suggests a game and whoever wins in it, gets the ice-cream. You
both play, and you win. The cup is yours.
You now pick the cup with a lot more enthusiasm, and start eating it.
Scenario 3
A cup of chocolate ice-cream is lying in your freezer and a cup of
vanilla ice-cream. Your friend, who also loves chocolate ice-cream, has come home. You open your fridge, get reminded
of the ice-creams. Now you both can have one each. You do not want to let your
friend choose for the fear of losing the chocolate. Nor do you want to be rude
by directly handing him with the cup of vanilla.
Your friend suggests a game and whoever wins in it, gets to choose the ice-cream
he wants. You both play, and you win. You choose chocolate, while your friend has
to settle down for vanilla.
Now you pick up the cup with so much triumph, and rejoice your victory. You
have not only won the cup, but also got your favourite flavour. You relish this
cup with so much more joy than ever before.
Does the ice-cream in the cup taste any different?
In life, we have many such chocolate ice-creams lying in our fridge,
waiting to be eaten. We do not relish them as it is available to us at all times. We bank our happiness on chasing what we may lose, and
momentarily enjoy the victory of winning it.
Appreciate what you have and rejoice every moment with it. Your chocolate
ice-cream will always taste the best to you J
Well said :) Suits my current situation.
ReplyDeleteBTW the 1st scenario is definitely u! not sure from life perspective but definitely from the angle that u eat half and put it back in the freezer :D
Hahaha.. that's coz I'm not a fan of sweets
ReplyDeleteScenario 4: Jayashree loses the game..still manages to get her hands on both chocolate and vanilla..eats them in one gulp like chhota bheem...what feeling is that? ;)
ReplyDeleteLol. Yes.. the universe demands an answer for scenario 4... tell us sheepi tell us!!
ReplyDeleteWhen it comes to Jayshree.. there are never any scenarios.. How do u expect a chocolate icecream to lie in her fridge unattended???
ReplyDeleteThis post is intended for normal people.. not Jugheads.
lol...I understood one thing from this post and the comments ...thatttt all of u r crazyyyy....and C why worry sooo much abt the Icecream??? Just eat it !! ;) :P ...on a serious note - nice post ...and yes! well said :)..keep writing!
ReplyDelete"thatttt all of "u" r crazyyyy"!!
ReplyDeletebirds of same feather... used to flock together ;)
and pusakka.. y r u shown as 'unknown'?