Sunday, June 03, 2007

Coffee, tea or...

coffee cup

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"May God Give You a Drink from the Well That Never Dries"

 

 Gentle reader,

I am back sort of while not full time so you'll need to help yourself to 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! 

coffee mug  stains Denis

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Denis,

WOW! Now that brings a lot of perspective to life! Thanks for sharing your insights. Now to put into action things learned, so not to focus on my cup anymore.

Blessings,
L Christie
(Califorinia)