What's In A Strawberry Gelato?

                                                             Everyday is a brand new day,

                                                                everyday is a journey.

Every quivering tongue of flame

Seems to murmur some great name,

Seems to say to me "Aspire!

"No endeavor is in vain;

Its reward is in the doing,

Anon

A funny, but true story.

Woman: "What is that?"
Girl: "Strawberry gelatto."
Woman: "What's in it?"
Girl: "Strawberries."
Woman: "What's that?"
Girl: "Lemon gelatto."
Woman: "What's in it?"
Girl: "Lemon."
Woman: "What's that one?"
Girl: "Chocolate."
Woman: "What's in it?"
Girl: "Chocolate."
Woman getting angry: "You need to speak English!"
Girl: "Ma'am, this is a strawberry gelatto and it has strawberries in it. This is a lemon gelatto and it has lemon in it. And this is a chocolate gelatto with chocolate in it."
Woman: "Forget it. I don't want anything."

Isn't this just how real life is? No real satisfaction, but full of total frustration! When Emily told me this story of how her work day went, I laughed out loud. Who wouldn't? Yet, there is so much truth and reality in it that we cannot avoid. Here is another person searching for something, living an unsatisfied life. I doubt if there was a gelatto (there are usually 8-10 flavors) that would fulfill a hunger she seems to have. 

Instead, not knowing what she wants, she takes it out on someone she probably won't see or recognize again. It's not her that is lacking, but the person serving her. How can anyone serve her, when she doesn't even know what she wants or needs the most?

How many people like this woman do we encounter every single day? HAVE YOU NOTICED how angry the world has become? One doesn't have to go far to experience another angry and dissatisfied individual that is venting their frustrations out on the innocent. Wait in line with someone at the Post Office and see how quickly annoyance occurs. Drive on the street and it won't be long when one hears the blaring horns. The waitress is way too slow. Immediate satisfaction is what society is looking for. Even I am in the wrong. I mentally cry inside when there is a price check or a brand new employee in training. 

 Oh, what israellites we are! Never happy. Never satisfied. The thirst is real, folks. The water is there for everyone. . . free! That's not the problem. The problem is bringing them to the water for a drink to quench that thirst. Would you like a cup of living water?

Have a blessed day everyone.