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Sewende-dag Adventiste
Gemeente Filadelfia |
Ons Is Hier
We are Here
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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. 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 we
have .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. Be
thankful for
what you do
have. And enjoy
your hot
chocolate!
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Filadelfia
gemeente van Sewendedag Adventiste Centurion Pretoria |
Updated on/Op datum gebring op
Sunday, June 20, 2010 08:39:25
deur de Wet
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