Life is the Coffee

Leslie Brown, a former student and yearbook editor of mine sent me this and I thought I'd pass it along. Important lesson for coffee lovers like me.

LIFE  IS THE COFFEE
  
A  group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to visit  their old university professor. The 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, and some  exquisite - telling them to help themselves to the  coffee.

After  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, it may also be the source of your problems and stress. Be assured  that the cup itself adds no quality to the coffee. In most cases, it's 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, houses, cars, things, 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.
  
"Being  happy doesn't mean everything's perfect; it means you've decided to see beyond  the imperfections."  
  
Live  in peace and peace will live in you.  


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