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Some of us don’t drink coffee, but the symbolism is so spot-on; just replace “coffee” with your favorite drink.
Life is the Coffee!
I'm crazy about coffee and coffee is crazy about me!
A group of alumni, well-established and all highly successful in their chosen careers, got together to visit their former university professor. The 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 and some exquisite – telling them to help themselves to the coffee.
After 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 but 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’s 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 began eyeing each other’s cups.”
“Now consider this: Life is the coffee, and the jobs, houses, cars, things, 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.
“Being happy doesn’t mean everything’s perfect, it means you’ve decided to see beyond the imperfections.”
Live in peace and peace will live in you.
Do not hold your peace. Be held in Peace.
Happiness is not found in having what you want. Happiness is in wanting what you have.
Some people think they have to have fun to be happy. Truth is, you have to be happy to have fun.
Whatever is not given is lost to everyone who could have used it.
What we do says who we are. Actions speak louder than words.
If you were me, then who would I be?
Kudos to my dear Friend, Francee, for the text and to The Coffee Blog (http://www.brewed-coffee.com/) for the photo.
646AFC111706
Some of us don’t drink coffee, but the symbolism is so spot-on; just replace “coffee” with your favorite drink.
Life is the Coffee!
I'm crazy about coffee and coffee is crazy about me!
A group of alumni, well-established and all highly successful in their chosen careers, got together to visit their former university professor. The 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 and some exquisite – telling them to help themselves to the coffee.
After 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 but 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’s 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 began eyeing each other’s cups.”
“Now consider this: Life is the coffee, and the jobs, houses, cars, things, 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.
“Being happy doesn’t mean everything’s perfect, it means you’ve decided to see beyond the imperfections.”
Live in peace and peace will live in you.
Do not hold your peace. Be held in Peace.
Happiness is not found in having what you want. Happiness is in wanting what you have.
Some people think they have to have fun to be happy. Truth is, you have to be happy to have fun.
Whatever is not given is lost to everyone who could have used it.
What we do says who we are. Actions speak louder than words.
If you were me, then who would I be?
Kudos to my dear Friend, Francee, for the text and to The Coffee Blog (http://www.brewed-coffee.com/) for the photo.
About Chick Todd
American Roman Catholic reared as a "Baptiterian" in Denver Colorado. Now living on Kauaʻi. USAF Vet. Married for over 50 years. Scripture study has been my passion ever since my first "Bible talk" at age 6 in VBS.
