God's Coffee

God's Coffee

A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to visittheir old university professor. Conversation soon turned into complaintsabout stress in work and life. Offering his guests coffee, the professor wentto the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment ofcups - porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain looking, some expensive,some exquisite - telling them to help themselves to the coffee. When all thestudents had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said:

"If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up, leavingbehind the plain and cheap ones. While it is normal for you to want only thebest 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 isjust more expensive and in some cases even hides what we drink. What all ofyou really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went for thebest 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 peopledon't have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything."

Live simply.

Love generously.

Care deeply.

Speak kindly.