Topic: Hot Chocolate!!
eileena9's photo
Fri 02/01/08 04:47 PM
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 God has provided us.

God makes the hot chocolate, man chooses the cups. 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


drinker drinker drinker

bad_girl's photo
Fri 02/01/08 04:51 PM

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 God has provided us.

God makes the hot chocolate, man chooses the cups. 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


drinker drinker drinker


Nice eileen how are you

izzie's photo
Fri 02/01/08 04:52 PM
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((eileen))

eileena9's photo
Fri 02/01/08 04:53 PM
I'm doing good Merle, and yourself??

I was going to say I guess this was too deep for people, but I thought it was truthful.drinker

eileena9's photo
Fri 02/01/08 04:53 PM
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Redsoxfan1's photo
Fri 02/01/08 04:54 PM
That is very true!drinker Thank you for that!

curios789's photo
Fri 02/01/08 04:55 PM
Amazing. I like that, it's so true. I'm not really that into religion, but I still do believe in God and that He/She has provided us with things, and that we are not focusing on those things. Great little blurb there, Eileen.

eileena9's photo
Fri 02/01/08 04:55 PM
Edited by eileena9 on Fri 02/01/08 04:56 PM
You're welcome redsoxfan1!drinker

Glad you liked it curios!!drinker

TheCaptain's photo
Fri 02/01/08 05:09 PM
I'll have to print that out for my boss.

MsTeddyBear2u's photo
Fri 02/01/08 05:10 PM
bigsmile :heart: bigsmile

misty_57's photo
Fri 02/01/08 05:14 PM
Beautiful Eileena! Very very true too :smile: Thanks for that

trueokie2's photo
Fri 02/01/08 05:14 PM
that is so very true, thank you for sharing it with us..

God Bless You.. flowerforyou

eileena9's photo
Fri 02/01/08 05:17 PM
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{{{{{{{{{{My Love}}}}}}}}}:heart: :heart: smooched

TheCaptain's photo
Fri 02/01/08 05:21 PM
Will never be able to hug and kiss you enough.bigsmile

seahawks's photo
Fri 02/01/08 05:22 PM

Will never be able to hug and kiss you enough.bigsmile
i feel the love cheers.!!!! lol