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Off-Topic => Off-Topic: Talk about anything you want. => Topic started by: petey on January 16, 2008, 12:36:50 PM
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My sister sent this to me in an email. I loved it and thought I'd send it on to all of you...
Enjoy Your 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 best cups... And then you began eyeing each other's 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 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 in 2008
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That is good.
A nice reminder.
I'm sure I will think of it everytime I have hot chocolate.
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really nice sentiment.
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:clap; :clap; very nice.
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Live simply...
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Can I still have Marshmallows ;)
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Tamara, if you want marshmallows, girl, go for it -- but only if you'll share with me! When my sister called me to see if I got this email, I asked her, "What kind of cup do you think you would have picked?" She told me, "If we were at your house, I'd want the fine china. If we were at my house, we'll all have to use those throw-away styrofoam ones because I'm not washing any more dishes than I absolutely have to!" Gotta love those sisters!
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I love reading posts like this, thank you Petey :clap; Made my day (or night) ;)
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is that a new picture, goofynina? I'm impressed!
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Don't like hot chocolate but a good analogy. :thumbup;
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I love hot choc topped with whipped cream ! Wonder what that says about me ?
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My recipe for hot chocolate. Heat 8 ounces of whole milk almost to boiling. Meanwhile, pour 3 tablespoons Hersheys Syrup in a coffee mug. Pour in the hot milk, stir, enjoy.
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ummmmmmm, sounds good, Jannie! I'm going to try that!
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I love my hot chocolate!!!
I noticed the picture earlier, I like it too, she has a cuuuuuute husband!!!
Of course, the first thing you notice is Nina's simile..... :beer1;
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Thank you for the compliments on my pic, :waving; Yep, yep, he is a cutie allrighty :P :secret; just dont let him know that ;) ;) He is definetly my cup of Hot Chocolate :o ::) ;D
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Thank you for the compliments on my pic, :waving; Yep, yep, he is a cutie allrighty :P :secret; just dont let him know that ;) ;) He is definetly my cup of Hot Chocolate :o ::) ;D
Cup and contents, right nina?
Thanks for sharing, Petey!
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I love hot chocolate, and I love your story. :cuddle; Thank you for sharing! :thx;