Thought for the Day
08-11-2006, 06:47 AM
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Thought for the Day
I thought this was pretty good. I am sure this is not new but it could be for some of us. If you would like to share something like this that makes you think or is inspirational without being too overbearing, I think it would be nice. Here we go.
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.
He offered 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, and told them to help themselves to the coffee.
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. The cup 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 began eyeing each other's
cups.
Now consider this: Life is the coffee, and 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.
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.
He offered 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, and told them to help themselves to the coffee.
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. The cup 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 began eyeing each other's
cups.
Now consider this: Life is the coffee, and 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.
08-11-2006, 03:44 PM
#2
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good topic.
i just want to add that we all are tempted by society to focus on the cups and that we need to keep it in check. too bad there isn't a solid method of measuring how good the coffee is. wouldn't that be funny? instead of saying, i have a bmw, someone would say, i have a happiness level of 9.
i just want to add that we all are tempted by society to focus on the cups and that we need to keep it in check. too bad there isn't a solid method of measuring how good the coffee is. wouldn't that be funny? instead of saying, i have a bmw, someone would say, i have a happiness level of 9.
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