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Enjoy the coffee, not the cup.
Sunday, August 20, 2006
Sunday, August 20, 2006
Enjoy the coffee, not the cup.
A GROUP of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university lecturer. Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life. Offering his guests coffee, the lecturer went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups: Porcelain, plastic, glass, some plain-looking and some expensive and exquisite, telling them to help themselves to hot coffee.
When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the lecturer 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. What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went for the better cups and are eyeing each other's cups."
"Now, if Life is coffee, then the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain Life. But the quality of Life doesn't change. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee in it."
So please, don't let the cups drive you. Enjoy the coffee.
Reflection: Obviously this refers to those who have made it in life, not those who are struggling to make both ends meet.
These are the people who are making more money or acquiring a bigger or additional house (when others can't even own a shanty), or owning a fleet of cars (when others can't afford a tricycle fare). Yet they complain they're stressed out, feeling unhappy and unfulfilled.
What's really life on earth for? Is it only a pursuit for money and the good life?
While these are part of life, there's more to it than physical and material gratifications. We're not just physical creatures but spiritual. Moreover, we find happiness and fulfillment by stepping out of our comfort zones and reaching out to others?
Remember the rich young man in the gospel? He was seeking the answer to his gnawing emptiness despite all his wealth. Unfortunately, he could not part with it as Christ told him and so he went away SAD! (Read Matthew 19:16-24).
So, remember: Enjoy the coffee, not the cups.
2:44 PM | A GROUP of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university lecturer. Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life. Offering his guests coffee, the lecturer went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups: Porcelain, plastic, glass, some plain-looking and some expensive and exquisite, telling them to help themselves to hot coffee.
When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the lecturer 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. What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went for the better cups and are eyeing each other's cups."
"Now, if Life is coffee, then the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain Life. But the quality of Life doesn't change. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee in it."
So please, don't let the cups drive you. Enjoy the coffee.
Reflection: Obviously this refers to those who have made it in life, not those who are struggling to make both ends meet.
These are the people who are making more money or acquiring a bigger or additional house (when others can't even own a shanty), or owning a fleet of cars (when others can't afford a tricycle fare). Yet they complain they're stressed out, feeling unhappy and unfulfilled.
What's really life on earth for? Is it only a pursuit for money and the good life?
While these are part of life, there's more to it than physical and material gratifications. We're not just physical creatures but spiritual. Moreover, we find happiness and fulfillment by stepping out of our comfort zones and reaching out to others?
Remember the rich young man in the gospel? He was seeking the answer to his gnawing emptiness despite all his wealth. Unfortunately, he could not part with it as Christ told him and so he went away SAD! (Read Matthew 19:16-24).
So, remember: Enjoy the coffee, not the cups.
