HAPPY EASTER

[Carol Anne Kincaid~Paradis]

HAPPY EASTER 

Life is …like a cup of coffee

A group of best friends decided to have their alumni get together at the residence of one of their favorite university professor. The professor was very popular among university students and had been mentor for many of them. They finalized to make a surprise visit to professor. All planning was done and on predefined date they visited their most popular and old university professor’s house.

It was quite a happy moment for not only professor; but even for the all friends (students of professor) also as some of them were meeting after a long time. Everyone was trying to know whereabouts and the developments in their friends life after leaving college. They shared with each other, how did they move ahead in life. Few became a good leaders having senior positions in corporate world; whereas few were doing good in the business world. All of them had got married and having wonderful family. Everyone had his/her own timing of life in achieving the milestones. There was quality conversation going on, but somehow the conversation soon diverted to complaints about work, relationships, ‘stress‘ & ‘tension’ in life.

The professor offered them coffee and went to kitchen to ask his wife to prepare coffee for all his students. After 10-15 minutes, his beautiful wife came with a pleasant smile.  One thing was to be noticed that she brought coffee in different kinds of cups !!! (crystal cups, glass cups, ceramic cups, shining ones, some plain looking, some ordinary, some exquisite and some expensive ones …). The students thought that professor may not have the same kind of cups and due to large number of guests; his wife has served the coffee in different cups.

When all of them had a cup in hand, The professor said, “If you noticed, all the nice looking & expensive cups are taken up, leaving behind the ordinary, plain and cheap ones !!!”

It was surprising moment, as nobody noticed that there were some extra cups of coffee and while having their cup, nobody took the ordinary cups and all of them were left on the serving tray.

The professor continued, “Every one of you wanted the best CUPS. While it is, of course normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that can also be the source of much of your dissatisfaction, problems and stress and tension in life.”

All the friends got confused and were looking towards professor; they could not understand; what’s the connection with having a coffee in chosen cup with the STRESS and TENSION of life.

Professor continued further and explained after seeing their curious face, “Be assured that the cup itself adds no quality to the coffee. In most cases, it is just more expensive; and in some cases even it hides what we drink. What you really wanted was COFFEE, not the CUP ! But you consciously went for the best cups… and then you began eyeing each other’s cups.”

Always remember one thing , If life is coffee; and jobs, money, status or position in society & love etc. are the cups !!! They are just tools to hold and contain life. The type of cup we have does not define or change the quality of life we live. Please don’t let the CUPS drive you !! Enjoy the COFFEE …!!!”

Moral of Motivational Story – Life is like a cup of coffee

Most of the people concentrate only on the cup and fail to enjoy the coffee. We keep our focus on outside beauty and appearance, whereas; the real quality and value lies inside. Savor the coffee and not the cups ! The happiest people in this world don’t have the best of everything. They just make the best out of everything.

Sure, a nice looking cup may help make the experience of drinking the coffee interesting. But no cup in the world, no matter how exquisite, can ever compensate for the horrid taste of bad coffee. In fact, it’d be undrinkable. So coffee inside cup is more important than the cup itself.

At the end of the day, it is vital to know what does make you happy and what does completes you. There is no need to fret too much about how the cup looks like from outside. It is about the quality of its content. And we define what that very content means to us.

Don’t run for money, success, career, status and prized possessions. Always try to live life with full of mindfulness. The true meaning of life is not materialistic achievements, but going that extra mile in the journey of life which enlighten you the real purpose of it.

What is life ?

They say it’s from B to D … from Birth to Death … ; But what’s between B and D ?

It’s a ” C ” Choice …

Our life is a matter of choices which we make,

Live well and it will never go wrong.

The message of Easter tells us: You need not be afraid of anything—not life with all its insecurities, its conflicts, its uncertainties; not afraid of even death itself. You need have no fear—no fear!

As you learn the message of Easter, remember: Easter is here. Be transformed. Be resurrected. Be not afraid!

When your spirit is filled with the unshakable strength of God in the name of Jesus Christ, you get faith so deeply planted within you that when crises hit you—as they sometimes do suddenly—you automatically can look life in the face and not be afraid. 

What the World Needs Now is Love !

Happy Easter Beautiful Soul! Send warm wishes for a wonderful weekend. Much Love and Blessings x