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HOT CHOCOLATE
Forwarded by Eddy Palffy
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!!!
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