February 27, 2018

An Apple A Day

Your friend asked you for an apple once. You gladly obliged. He asked again the next day. You gave another. Assuming his insatiable desire for apples was constant, you just began bringing him an apple every day. 

Every. Single. Day.

At some point early on in the apple-giving, he began thinking, “This is awesome! All the apples I could ever want!“ Eventually, he just stopped asking you for apples. He began to expect it.

Monday. Apple.

Tuesday. Apple.

Wednesday. Apple.

The longer your apple supply lasted, the more he began to think: "He must have an entire apple orchard of his own! Where in the world does he get all these amazing apples? Is there no end to this apply supply?"

As the daily delivery of apples continued though, not only would your friend probably never ask you for one again, at some point he might even grow tired of apples. Like, “I don’t ever want to see another apple again!” kind of tired. Then one day, you brought him an apple and he said, “No thanks. I can’t handle any more apples.” 

Wait a minute. What!? 

Your feelings were crushed. "What’s the matter with my apples?” you thought. Are they sour? Rotten? Mealy? Too sweet? Not crisp enough? Why in the world did he not want an apple? MY apple?

Opinions are a lot like apples.

Think about it. 

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