You And A Cup Of Coffee

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You And A Cup Of Coffee

Posted: 2008-02-27 17:54:43 UTC+05:30

You

are like a cup of coffee. What is visible to the external world is the

cup and not the coffee inside. What is visible to you is the coffee.

And your experience of life is the warmth, taste and aroma of the

coffee. The experience can only be felt. It is not visible to anyone

including you.

The

cup is how you come across to the world. The cup represents the visible

actions that you take, the things that you do and the words that you

speak. The world makes a picture of you from what is visible to them.

They have no idea of what is inside. They do not know how the coffee

looks. The coffee inside might be awful, but if the cup is made of

delicate ceramic, the world would look at it positively. On the other

hand, you may be a very good person inside but the world may ignore you

as a cheap plastic cup because your goodness is not visible to them.

The

coffee inside is what you are to yourself. It comes from what you think

and believe. It comes from all your thoughts, actions, experiences and

feelings from childhood till date. You are the only person who has

witnessed everything about you. Others may have caught a glimpse here

or there, but it is only you who knows what you are. Normally, what we

are inside is never closely related to how the world sees us. Many of

us have experienced this very closely. This is simply because the

coffee inside is not visible to others. They can only see the cup.

Finally,

the experience of having the coffee is your experience of life. It is

not visible to anyone. Only you can feel the warmth, taste and aroma. A

good experience makes you feel satisfied, relaxed and at peace, whereas

a bad experience fills you with stress, dissatisfaction, and

discomfort. The experience is given by your value system, your

acceptance of yourself, and your acceptance of how the world sees you.

You enjoy your coffee best when you are not concerned about how the cup

or the coffee looks; rather you are focussed on enjoying the coffee.

The look of the coffee and the cup does influence your experience of

having coffee. But if you introspect, most of you will see that the

biggest spoilsport is your non-acceptance of yourself, and of how the

world sees you. Most happy and satisfied people are those who accept

themselves, and also accept how the world sees them.

To

accept yourself and to accept how the world sees you, the coffee and

the cup needs to be in sync with your value system. So go ahead and

live life in tune with your value system, and enjoy each moment of

living it. It doesn't matter whether you are a beggar or a king.

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