God's Coffee
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."
Live simply.
Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the
rest to God.
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