Friday, December 05, 2008

Therory of life...Hot Chocolate!


A group of graduates, well established in their careers, were talking at
a reunion and decided to go visit their old university professor, now
retired.

During their visit, the conversation turned to complaints about stress
in their work and lives. Offering his guests hot chocolate, the
professor went into the kitchen and returned with a large pot of hot
chocolate and an assortment of cups—porcelain, glass, crystal, some
plain looking, some expensive, some exquisite - telling them to help
themselves to the hot chocolate.

When they all had a cup of hot chocolate in hand, the professor said:

Notice that all the nice looking, expensive cups were taken, 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.
The cup that you’re drinking from adds nothing to the quality of the hot
chocolate. In most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases
even hides what we drink. What all of you really wanted was hot
chocolate, not the cup; but you consciously went for the best cups…
And then you began eyeing each others cups.

Now consider this: Life is the hot chocolate; your job, money and
position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and
contain life.

The cup you have does not define, nor change the quality of life you
have. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the
hot chocolate provided us.

The happiest people don’t have the best of everything. They just make
the best of everything that they have. Live simply. Love generously.
Care deeply. Speak kindly. And enjoy your hot chocolate!!!
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I love this part...so true "The happiest people don’t have the best of everything. They just make
the best of everything that they have"

3 comments:

Paige said...

What a BEAUTIFUL way to explain what we all should remember every day.
God bless the professor and YOU :-)

Kristin said...

That is so true and thank you for reminding me of that message.
love ya & see you very soon!

Stephie Says..... said...

I am so excited about our swap night out....it will be a ton o fun just like Tijanas....so lookin forward to ur company