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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.
I am not intending to lecture anyone here. I read this in another place and thought it made a lot of sense and just wanted to share it. I wish at times I was a good enough man to do what the last paragraph states daily.
May you all have a Merry Christmas and if lucky get to hug all your loved ones and than go for a Christmas ride...
Ross Randall
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.
I am not intending to lecture anyone here. I read this in another place and thought it made a lot of sense and just wanted to share it. I wish at times I was a good enough man to do what the last paragraph states daily.
May you all have a Merry Christmas and if lucky get to hug all your loved ones and than go for a Christmas ride...
Ross Randall
