Boy complains to his father: You told me to put a potato in my swimming trunks! You said it would impress the girls at the pool! But you forgot to mention one thing!
"Attachment to desire is the cause of suffering." Buddha
Attachment arises when we want something different from what we are experiencing right here, right now. This ever-increasing list of unfulfilled desires causes us to experience discontentment and disconnects us from living simply in the pure joy of the present moment.
"Everybody, one day, will die and be forgotten. Act and behave in a way that will make life interesting and fun, %&*# a mundane, predictable life working Monday to Friday with something you derive no pleasure from; just living life out till you grow old and wither away. Find a passion, form relationships, don't be afraid to get out there and %&*# what everyone else thinks, trust me it's a lot more fun that way.”