Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Hot Chocolate?

I have to admit I stole this from a friend. But I Love the meaning behind it, and I especially need this constant reminder that life is what you make of it! Thanks Shontell!!

A group of graduates, well established n their careers were talking at a reunion and decided to go and visit their old university professor - who is now retired.During their visit, the conversation turned to complaints about stress in their work and lives. The professor had decided to offer his guests some hot chocolate, so he went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of hot chocolate. He brought back an assortment of cups - porcelain, glass, crystal, some plain looking, some expensive, some exquisite....and instructed 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....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 other's 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 hot chocolate God has provided us. God makes the hot chocolate...man chooses the cup. 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.Enjoy your HOT CHOCOLATE!

3 comments:

Carman said...

wow! thats a good story. I've never heard that one before. thanks for sharing!

hope ya'll are getting settled okay. I wanna see pics soon!!

Peter & JoNae Black said...

I would love to put some pics on but the dang Airforce won't quit messing up our money stuff so we can't buy a new desk which means we can't set up our desktop which has the software on it for our camera. Ugh!

Andy said...

I love hot chocolate! I haven't heard that either. Thanks for sharing. Hope you and the family are great! Rebecca