The Beauty of Hot Chocolate

[Guest guest]

Consider this seriously.

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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, " he continued. " 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 other's

cups. "

" Now consider this, " he said in all seriousness. " 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 and 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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[Guest guest]

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And enjoy your hot chocolate.

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I bet if he put a small charge on using the fancy cups, and no charge

on using the plain ones, more plain cups would be used and he could

declare a moral against unnecessary spending.

[Guest guest]

Good point, maurice! :-)

Raven

Co-Administrator

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> And enjoy your hot chocolate.

> >

> I bet if he put a small charge on using the fancy cups, and no charge

> on using the plain ones, more plain cups would be used and he could

> declare a moral against unnecessary spending.

>