God's Coffee
A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor. Conversaation soon turned to 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.
2007-05-16 04:59:21 · 13 answers · asked by The real Ed-Mike 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
I know that this answer is not a political one but I wanted to thank you so much for that story. I am about to leave a very nice house in the beautiful state of Florida to move into a trailer with my dad who is sick and 80 years old in Ohio. I was stressing the whole move because of all the things I will be giving up and your story made me realize that what I will be gaining (the precious time with my dad) is so much more important. God really does know that whats inside the cup is so much more important. Thanks again!
2007-05-16 17:56:20 · answer #1 · answered by tnlstn 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why direct this question at Conservatives?
As long as we are turning this into a political thing, I'll bet that the $400 haircut that John Edwards got could have paid for all of the cups, the coffee, and hired someone to serve it to them.
2007-05-16 12:07:11 · answer #2 · answered by Time to Shrug, Atlas 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Nothing is like the fresh smell of coffee in the morning
2007-05-16 12:14:44 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Camp fire coffee out of a metal cup is down right GOOD!!
2007-05-16 12:04:05 · answer #4 · answered by Elphin B 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would offer a cup to my liberal friends, but they would only ridicule the coffee because they don't believe in G-d.
2007-05-16 12:04:02 · answer #5 · answered by bopoppa 3 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Very Zen Buddhist.
Life-Good to the last drop!
2007-05-16 12:30:47 · answer #6 · answered by Global warming ain't cool 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, college professors are particularly noted for selecting below-average housing and automobiles aren't they?
2007-05-16 12:09:31 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
that's a nice change of pace from the usual in the political forum, thank you.
2007-05-16 12:03:53 · answer #8 · answered by Diggy 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps,you should address it also to libs who pay 5 bucks a pop on Starbucks.
2007-05-16 12:11:48 · answer #9 · answered by Tin Foil Fez 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
That's an incredibly good story.
2007-05-16 12:02:49 · answer #10 · answered by trekkiepirate 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋