#everydayreminder Subject: Wine A group of my friends, all highly established in their respective careers, got together for a visit with me. The conversation soon turned to complaints about the endless stress of work and life in general... Offering my friends some wine, I went into the kitchen and soon returned with a large bottle of wine and an eclectic assortment of cups: porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal - some plain, some expensive, some quite exquisite. Quietly I told them all to help themselves to some wine. When each of my friends had a cup of wine in hand, I quietly cleared my throat and began to patiently address the small gathering... You may have noticed that all of the nicer looking cups were taken up first, leaving behind the plainer and cheaper ones. While it is only natural for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is actually the source of much of your stress-related problems! I continued...Be assured that the cup itself adds no quality to the wine. In fact, the cup merely disguises or dresses up what we drink. What each of you really wanted was wine, not a cup, but you instinctively went for the best cups... Then you began eyeing each others cups.... Now consider this: Life is wine. Jobs, money, and position in society are merely cups. They are just tools to shape and contain Life, and the type of cup we have does not truly define nor change the quality of the Life we live. Often, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the wine. Enjoy your wine! The happiest people dont have the best of everything - they just make the best of everything they have... So please remember: Live simply. Love generously. Care Deeply. Speak Kindly. And remember - the richest person is not the one who has the most, but the one who needs the least. TAKE THIS W/ YOU...* (derived from Coffee)*
Posted on: Thu, 25 Dec 2014 20:14:32 +0000
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