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A group of alumni,
highly established in their careers, got together to visit their
old university professor. Conversation soon turned into complaints
about stress in work and life. Offering his guests coffee, the
professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of
coffee and an assortment of cups - porcelain, plastic, glass,
crystal, some plain looking, some expensive, some exquisite -
telling them to help themselves to the coffee. When all the
students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said:
"If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups were
taken up, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is
normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the
source of your problems and stress.
Be assured that the cup itself adds no quality to the coffee. In
most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases even hides
what we drink. What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the
cup, but you consciously went for the best cups... And then you
began eyeing each other's cups.
Now consider this: Life is the coffee; the jobs, money and
position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and
contain Life, and the type of cup we have does not define, nor
change the quality of Life we live.
Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the
coffee God has provided us." God brews the coffee, not the
cups... Enjoy your coffee!
 "The
happiest people don't have the best of everything. They just make
the best of everything."
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Live simply
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Love generously
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Care deeply
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Speak kindly
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Leave the rest
to God
You are the miracle,
my friend, Your life either shines a light - or casts a shadow. |