Reminds me of an old poem I heard about life. It's in Arabic. The main meaning is similar to your Ice-cream metaphor but with clothes:
إنّ الحياة الثوب نخلعه - وكل ثوب إذا ما رثّ ينخلع
"Life is but a garment you'll remove, and every garment if wore-down it'll be removed."
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