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| Barbara Wheeler
IP: 69.19.14.28 8/23/2006 08:50:30 |
 Subject: Enjoy the Coffee Ladies...........................Message: A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor. 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, some exquisite - telling them to help themselves to the coffee. When 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, just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we drink. What all of you really wanted was 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, 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." |
| Hol IP: 68.38.136.222 8/23/2006 11:42:58 |  RE: Enjoy the Coffee Ladies...........................Message: This coffee cup story really hit home and made me understand my present situation better. Sure we all like nice stuff but it just isn't possible sometimes. Some people think I'm hoity toity because of the "stuff" I was able to pick up along the way since my husband was in the military and we had many lengthy tours in Europe. I hate to say it but those nice things have basically stopped now since my husband has retired and we no longer travel like we use to. So be it though. I'll have some nice memories to think about when I'm rocking in my rocking chair (lol). Getting onto another note though after some long and hard thought I have decided to end a friendship that I thought was particularly dear to me because what it boiled down to was this person just didn't accept me for what I am. Kind of like your coffee cup story. I guess she thought I was crystal. It's terrible when things get like this but this coffee story sure put alot into perspective! Thanks for sharing. |
| Barbara IP: 69.19.14.27 8/23/2006 12:12:38 | RE: Enjoy the Coffee Ladies....................... Message: Isn't is ironic that things become clear and we realize just how totally unimportant so much of lifes distractions really are? The "THINGS" really are a distraction too aren't they. I am sorry about your "friend" too Hol. I am experiencing just such as that myself lately. In fact I am learning that a lot of my worldly friends were and are just that, "worldly!" I am just finding that the spiritual side of life is so much more fulfilling....(better late than never!) Not that I am not making new friends and finding that these relationships are most remarkable though! I am interested in sharing my spiritual *findings* with my old friends, and most just do NOT want to hear of it. It is just so out of the realm of our general topics of conversation, and I WAS so VERY worldly... Being such a big part of the world made me a big shot in the eyes of a lot of my friends, because of our business interests and ventures. But what I was missing was the enduring part of life that only comes with knowledge of the truth. You to will find you peace Hol. Just never give up on the quest for truth in spirit! Test it, make certain that the fruits of the spirit are acceptable and right... Then make the judgment call once you are armed with the appropriate knowledge. |
| Hol IP: 68.38.136.222 8/23/2006 16:55:07 | RE: Enjoy the Coffee Ladies........................... Message: Everytime a church affair is coming up, Barbara, I ask my friend if she's going. Her response is ALWAYS "I don't need anymore friends." I've stopped asking now. I'm involved in church as much as I can right now (to name a few Antioch - confirmation preparation and eucharistic minister) and have learned not to bring this up to my friend because afterall "she doesn't need anymore friends." It's sad but ... I've realized now that I'm getting older I know exactly what I want and won't settle for less which is someone not accepting me for who I am. |
| debodel IP: 72.15.74.191 8/24/2006 07:50:23 | RE: Enjoy the Coffee Ladies........................... Message: This is a great thread. Enjoy the coffee indeed. Never more than in the time of death, does it become more apparent that things, material things, are just that. You can't take them with you. I read once that "life should not be measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the number of moments that take our breaths away." That is so true - friendships or relationships of any kind is what we should cling to. I know that with the recent passing of my mother that 3 things sustained me. My faith in God, my friends/family and my church. My worldly goods did not rescue me, they did not comfort me when I hurt. |
| Barbara Wheeler IP: 69.19.14.38 8/24/2006 07:57:16 | RE: Enjoy the Coffee Ladies....................... Message: Hi Deb, *AIN'T IT THE SO?* Moments that take our breath away, that first loving kiss from our spouse, like the birth of our children, our grandbabies sweet breath.....so much to shout to the very heavens about! I am so with you on that! And obviously so are many others on our forum. |
| Hol IP: 68.38.136.222 8/24/2006 10:06:47 |  RE: Enjoy the Coffee Ladies...........................Message: I definitely must agree with you ladies! This is a wonderful thread. Stops you dead in your tracks. |
| debodel IP: 72.15.74.191 8/25/2006 07:17:02 | RE: Enjoy the Coffee Ladies........................... Message: Barb - don't even get me started on those grandbabies - they are GRAND, indeed. You ladies are awesome and I am honored to be a part of this group. Many of you are much more than ladies who post on a forum. Prayer warriors, that's what you have become to me. I am glad to have you on my side. |
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