Facts of Life (Cup or Coffee)
The happiest people in the world are not those who have no problems, but those who learn to live with things that are less than perfect.
A group of graduates, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor.
Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work & life.
Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen & returned with a large pot of coffee & 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, the professor said: "If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up, leaving behind the simple & cheap ones.
While it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems & stress.
Be assured that cup itself adds no quality to the coffee. In most cases, it is just more expensive & in some cases even hides what we drink.
What all of you wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went for the best cups...... Then you began eyeing each other's sups.
Now consider this:
The happiest people don't have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything."
You are the miracle, my friend; Your life either shines a light OR casts a shadow! Shine a light & ENJOY THE COFFEE!!!
A group of graduates, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor.
Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work & life.
Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen & returned with a large pot of coffee & 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, the professor said: "If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up, leaving behind the simple & cheap ones.
While it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems & stress.
Be assured that cup itself adds no quality to the coffee. In most cases, it is just more expensive & in some cases even hides what we drink.
What all of you wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went for the best cups...... Then you began eyeing each other's sups.
Now consider this:
- Life is the coffee; the jobs, money & position in society are the cups.
- They are just tools to hold & contain Life, & the type of cups we have does not define, or change the quality of life we live.
- Sometimes, by concentrating on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee God has provided us. 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
You are the miracle, my friend; Your life either shines a light OR casts a shadow! Shine a light & ENJOY THE COFFEE!!!
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