Barry_White
5th December 2007, 04:22 PM
Think about it the next time you pour a cup:
A group of alumni, all highly established in their respective careers,
got together for a visit with their old university professor.
The conversation soon turned to complaints about the endless stress of
work and life in general.
Offering his guests coffee, the professor went into the
kitchen and soon returned with a large pot of coffee and an
eclectic assortment of cups: porcelain, plastic, glass,
crystal - some plain, some expensive, some quite exquisite.
Quietly he told them to help themselves to some fresh coffee.
When each of his former students had a cup of coffee in hand, the old
professor quietly cleared his throat and began to
patiently address the small gathering.
''You may have noticed that all of the nicer looking cups were taken up
first, leaving behind the plainer and cheaper ones. While it is only
natural for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is actually
the source of much of your stress-related problems."
He continued...''Be assured that the cup itself adds no
quality to the coffee. In fact, the cup merely disguises or
dresses up what we drink. What each of you really wanted was coffee,
not a cup, but you instinctively went for the best
cups.
Then you began eyeing each other's cups. Now consider this: Life is
coffee. Jobs, money, and position in society are merely cups. They are
just tools to shape and contain Life, and the type of cup we have does
not truly define nor change the quality of the Life we live.
Often, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the
coffee that God has provided us... God brews the coffee, but he
does not supply the cups. Enjoy your coffee! "
The happiest people don't have the best of everything, they just make
the best of everything they have.
So please remember:
Live simply. Love generously. Care Deeply. Speak Kindly.
Leave the Rest to God.
And remember - the richest person is not the one who has
the most, but the one who needs the least.
A group of alumni, all highly established in their respective careers,
got together for a visit with their old university professor.
The conversation soon turned to complaints about the endless stress of
work and life in general.
Offering his guests coffee, the professor went into the
kitchen and soon returned with a large pot of coffee and an
eclectic assortment of cups: porcelain, plastic, glass,
crystal - some plain, some expensive, some quite exquisite.
Quietly he told them to help themselves to some fresh coffee.
When each of his former students had a cup of coffee in hand, the old
professor quietly cleared his throat and began to
patiently address the small gathering.
''You may have noticed that all of the nicer looking cups were taken up
first, leaving behind the plainer and cheaper ones. While it is only
natural for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is actually
the source of much of your stress-related problems."
He continued...''Be assured that the cup itself adds no
quality to the coffee. In fact, the cup merely disguises or
dresses up what we drink. What each of you really wanted was coffee,
not a cup, but you instinctively went for the best
cups.
Then you began eyeing each other's cups. Now consider this: Life is
coffee. Jobs, money, and position in society are merely cups. They are
just tools to shape and contain Life, and the type of cup we have does
not truly define nor change the quality of the Life we live.
Often, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the
coffee that God has provided us... God brews the coffee, but he
does not supply the cups. Enjoy your coffee! "
The happiest people don't have the best of everything, they just make
the best of everything they have.
So please remember:
Live simply. Love generously. Care Deeply. Speak Kindly.
Leave the Rest to God.
And remember - the richest person is not the one who has
the most, but the one who needs the least.