Kinda funny… I was in a café today that also sells gelato, and this young Korean family came in. The little girl picked out what flavor of gelato she wanted and went and sat down at the table her parents pointed her to. The couple ordered whatever it was that they wanted and then brought the gelato to the young girl in a cup.  
 
For some, (unknown to me), reason, the little girl was not happy with something. She wasn’t really throwing a fit or anything, but I guess she was being disagreeable to her parents. The father leans into her and says, “The more angry you get the less ice cream you get.” With that, he reaches in and takes a bite from the cup. Immediately, the demeanor of the young girl changes. She takes the spoon and grabs a bit of the gelato.
 
I could not help but smile. How profound!  “The more angry you get the less ice cream you get.” That is so like life. The more anger you feel, the more problems you cause, the less you get to live your best life.
 
How about you, how much anger do you feel? How many problems for others have you caused? And, in doing so, how has that harmed the evolution of your life?
 
A bit later in the day, I was driving home with my lady. There is this one cliffside bay that I always like to stop at, and take a look at, when I have the time. It’s very breathtaking and beautiful. The thing was/is, it has been raining very hard over the past few days in my area, and the ground was totally soaked. Meaning, thought there was tons of green grass on the ground, our shoes got completely impacted with mud.
 
I know this area. I knew that would happen. But, I didn’t think about it. Didn’t think about it, until I thought about it. Walking back to the car, I knew it was going to be a mess. I remember the last time I did it. It took forever to clean my shoes.  
 
Me, I was wearing this new pair of tennis shoes I had just bought and really liked, and my lady wore these combat boots. I could only imagine, what a mess it would be to clean them. I was really pissed at myself.
 
We get home, and the clean-up begins. Me, with my shoes, and for her, her boots. What a mess!!! The mud was caked on, caked in so deep.  
 
Though I was throwing a bit of a fit in my mind… You know how it goes when life is all going along so well, then you are hit with something you really do not want to be dealing with. But, all you can do, is do. Which is what I did.
 
As I was doing, I flashed back to what that young father said to his daughter, “The more angry you get the less ice cream you get.” I smiled. I realized I had to make the whole process a meditation, not an undesired, angry-making, chore.
 
This is all just something to think about the nexttime that something happens to you and it really pisses you off. No matter what the cause—no matter who caused it, remember, “The more angry you get the less ice cream you get.”