Before finding this image, my son has been explaining the same thing for weeks especially when he hears me singing Jessie Jβs Price Tag. He said, β itβs not true that you canβt buy happiness, if you buy me ice cream, I would be happy.β
Words spoken by a 9-year-old. I canβt help but laugh, his argument is valid. As as stated in the image: thatβs kind of the same thing. I didnβt want to crush the spirit of the little thinker so I just smiled. From a childβs point of view, happiness is playing, ice cream, toys, swimming and those stories that they tell to which youβd carefully and endlesslyΒ listen.
Β ΒWe are reminded time and again to be like children (Matthew 18:3). To become like children we have to be humble and receptive (impartial), contented and easily forgiving. Sounds easy to say but definitely not easy to do. When we become adults, we become burdened with many things we were not used to having as kids. Responsibilities appear, bills accumulate, pressuresΒ pile upΒ from left to right. We tend to forget to have fun just to overcome all these, thus, the child in us gets pushed aside.
Once in a while, itβs nice to let our inner child out, probably better if often. You know, an ice cream wonβt cost a lot.
very true! π good food equals happiness. (in my books, ice cream is included in the good food category)
Some of us are really lucky that we get to eat what we want.
We should be grateful for even the smallest blessings that come our way.