A group of university =
alumni, well established in their careers, were talking at their reunion =
and decided to go visit their old university professor, now =
retired. During their visit the conversation soon turned into =
complaints about stress in their work and lives.
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 alumni =
had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said: “Notice =
that all of the nice looking, expensive cups were taken up, leaving =
behind the plain and cheap ones. While its 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. Your job, your money and wealth and your positions =
in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain Life. =
The type of cup one has does not define, nor change the quality of life =
a person lives.
Sometimes, by =
concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee God has =
provided us. God makes the coffee, man chooses the cups. The happiest =
people don’t have the best of everything. They just make the best =
of everything.
Enjoy your =
coffee!”
~~
Dr Bob Griffin =
[email protected] www.grif.net =
"Jesus Knows Me, This I =
Love!"