God’s Coffee (A Story About Life)
Photo by trondjs
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.
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.
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Tags: coffee, coffee and life, coffee life, coffee parable, god's coffee
All I can say is: Amen!
This is one of my all time favorite.
Thanks for sharing.
Giovanna Garcia
Imperfect Action is better than No Action
Hi,
Nice one to realize about life.
thanks for sharing
have a nice day
Hi Giovanna and Kandasani, thanks for stopping by and leaving comments.
Drinking from a good cup adds to the joy of the experience, but I’d rather drink good coffee from a plain cup than bad coffee from a pretty cup
coincidentally, just had a nice brewed coffee myself!
After all, our wealth comes from and depends on our continuous drive towards better and better lives. But there is also a lesson to be learned here. I think consumerism is good as long as you don’t overvalue it. Which - apparently - many do.
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Jason
TheWISDOMWALL.com
@Burr coffee grinders
- say what?
My wealth comes from my wife, children, friends and the rich blessings of a life with God - through the good and the bad.
“No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money.” - Matthew 6:24
Consumerism consumes people.