Jean's Artful Spirit

"Art is the conveyance of spirit by means of matter". Salvador de Madariaga 1886-1978 Creating art quilts, drawing and painting feeds my creative spirit. My goal here is to share my joy of the spirit of creativity with all who visit.

Friday, January 11, 2008

Hot Chocolate

This inspirational/instructional treatise was sent to me by a friend. I don't know who actually wrote it or sent it originally. I think it truly is the way we Americans need to start looking at life, instead of always looking for the next great thing.


Hot Chocolate.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 bestcups... And then you began eyeing each others cups.

Now consider this: God 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, 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

4 Comments:

At 5:07 AM, Blogger Jill Smith said...

Love the hot chocolate and when you think about it , its all true

 
At 11:19 AM, Blogger Nikki said...

Beautiful post. My cup may seem a little out of control but it is wonderful hot chocolate!

 
At 8:42 PM, Blogger Gisela Towner said...

Oh boy...after looking at the 12x12
group chocolate art quilts and now this... I need a serious chocolate fix! (G)Seriously though, very nice post anda good reminder!

 
At 10:12 AM, Blogger Christine Thresh said...

I know I would choose the biggest cup no matter what it looked like. I love hot chocolate.

 

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