April Jotting ~ Surprise!

Leaving the March Jotting on the website for half a month was not intended to be an April Fool joke!! Somehow I let April sneak up on me without a “jotting” ready for print. So, here at mid-month, I am sharing something that someone sent to me. It speaks to me and perhaps it will speak to you.

LIFE IS THE COFFEE

A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor. The 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, and some exquisite - telling them to help themselves to the coffee.

After 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 but 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’s just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we drink. What all of you really wanted was the coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went for the best cups... and then began eyeing each other's cups.

"Now, consider this: Life is the coffee, and the jobs, houses, cars, things, 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.

“Being happy doesn't mean every thing's perfect. It means you've decided to see beyond the imperfections.”

Author Unknown (to me)

jbm