Life is Like Coffee
Life is Like Coffee
A group of friends got together to have coffee. The host set out the cups and brewed the coffee. Some of the cups were beautiful; some were plain. The host noticed that the nicer cups were chosen first.
What is the meaning of this vignette?
Life is coffee. Jobs, money, and position in society are merely cups. They are tools that shape and contain Life, but the type of cup we have does not define nor change the quality of the life we live. Often, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee provided us.
The happiest people don't have the best of everything; they just make the best of everything they have.
Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly.
The richest person is not the one who has the most but the one who needs the least.
Life is Like Coffee - To learn more about this author, visit Jane Straus's Website.
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After writing last week about my friend Gio’s death, I felt that the following e-mail (paraphrased here), which has traveled the world, would be an appropriate follow up that we could all appreciate.
A group of friends got together to have coffee. The host set out the cups and brewed the coffee. Some of the cups were beautiful; some were plain. The host noticed that the nicer cups were chosen first.
What is the meaning of this vignette?
Life is coffee. Jobs, money, and position in society are merely cups. They are tools that shape and contain Life, but the type of cup we have does not define nor change the quality of the life we live. Often, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee provided us.
The happiest people don't have the best of everything; they just make the best of everything they have.
Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly.
The richest person is not the one who has the most but the one who needs the least.
Life is Like Coffee - To learn more about this author, visit Jane Straus's Website.
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| After writing last week about my friend Gio’s death, I felt that the following e-mail (paraphrased here), which has traveled the world, would be an appropriate follow up that we could all appreciate.
A group of f... |
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| Buying coffee is not as easy today as it once used to be. When was the last time you walked into your local corner bakery and ordered “a cup of coffee, please”? With Starbucks coffee shops springing up around the wo... |
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