A group of alumni, highly established in their carrers got together to visit their old university professor. Conversation soon turned into complaints about work and life. Offering his guests coffee, the proffessor 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 proffessor 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 cups.Enjoy your coffee. The happiest people don't have the best of every-thing. They make the best of everything. Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God.
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Thanks Tracy, doing better, have to watch that ozone and humidity.still need some rest.
I have read this before and it always means more each time I see it ,, Thanks !!!
Thank you Joe, first time for me,
Love,
Jenn
wow that is so true, it made me realize how people can be so materialistic, and some of the happiest ARE the ones without all the extras....I am one of them
true,me too.
RIGHT ON HAZEL,
I MISS THE BLINKING LETTER THAT IS WHY WE NEVER HEAR ANYMORE FROM ALL FRIENDS.
YES I ALWAYS LIVED WITH THE LEAST AND THEN OLD FOOL 82 GOES OUT AND GETS THAT DREAM ;
JUST LIFE PASSING ME BY TAKING CARE OF HUSBAND 20HRS. A DAY AND NOW WED AND FRI P.M. OF BUT MAN IS BUSY TIL JULY 11 SEE US AGAIN.
PUTTING IN FOR A SCOOTER TO TAKE HIM RIDING OUTSIDE AND DR. CALLS BACK AND SAY HE IS BLIND, I SAID I KNOW, AND I AND KIDS WILL JUST PRESS CONTROLS SO GOING AHEAD, THEN HE WILL HAVE NEW 4 WHEEL DRIVE.LIKE ME
Glad you are getting better post-hospitalization/pneumonia. Have a "cool" summer, Hazel.
RE
Thank you Elliott, doing better, praise God,
Wonderful post! Great message — one to remember every day. Hope you are feeling better and better. Blessings surround you!
Thank you Martha,
