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SnowHot
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
Enjoy the Coffee (Author Unknown)
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 his former 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. What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went for the best cups and were eyeing each other's cups. Now consider this: Life is the coffee, and the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain Life, and do not change the quality of Life. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee."
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 his former 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. What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went for the best cups and were eyeing each other's cups. Now consider this: Life is the coffee, and the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain Life, and do not change the quality of Life. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee."
SnowHot
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
Think for a moment of your heart as a greenhouse...And your heart, like a greenhouse, has to be managed.
Consider your thoughts as seeds. Some become flowers. Others become weeds. Sow seeds of hope and enjoy optimism. Sow seeds of doubt and expect insecurity....
The proof is everywhere you look.
Wonder why some people resist negativism and remain patient, optimistic, and forgiving? Could it be that they have diligently sown seeds of goodness and are enjoying the harvest?
Consider your thoughts as seeds. Some become flowers. Others become weeds. Sow seeds of hope and enjoy optimism. Sow seeds of doubt and expect insecurity....
The proof is everywhere you look.
Wonder why some people resist negativism and remain patient, optimistic, and forgiving? Could it be that they have diligently sown seeds of goodness and are enjoying the harvest?
Lola
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
"No matter how lost we become in chaos, anxiety, meaninglessness, and despair, we can always consult one absolute point of reference to determine the direction in which we should travel. In the spiritual journey, the compass unfailingly points towards compassion"
Sam Keen
Sam Keen
Lola
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body.
But rather to skid in sideways, champagne in one hand, strawberries in the other, body totally used up screaming "Whoo Hoo! What a ride!"
~ Unknown
But rather to skid in sideways, champagne in one hand, strawberries in the other, body totally used up screaming "Whoo Hoo! What a ride!"
~ Unknown
dburdenbates
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
I can tell that this thread will be a constant source of inspiration and laughter. Thanks wise Divas!
