God's coffee

A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor. Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life. 

Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups - porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain looking, some 
expensive, some exquisite - telling them to help themselves to the coffee. 

When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said: 

"If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up, 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. 

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 hides what we drink. 

 What all of 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. 

Now consider this: Life is the coffee; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain Life, and the type of cup we have does not define, nor change the quality of Life we live. 

Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee God has provided us." 

God brews the coffee, not the cups.......... Enjoy your coffee!  

"The happiest people don't have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything." 


Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God.


 WPUVS4XGVVKT 

Do You Make Me Proud? - Inspirational Video

Rather than focusing on what she couldn't do, I focused on what she could do.

Great inspirational video that turnsout disappointment into joy. Please watch and share this video.............

Child's Definition of Love

A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, "What does love mean?" The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined.  See what you think:

"When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore.  So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too.  That's love." Rebecca - age 8

When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.  You know that your name is safe in their mouth." Billy - age 4

"Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other." Karl - age 5

"Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs." Chrissy - age 6

"Love is what makes you smile when you're tired." Terri - age 4

Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sip before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK." Danny - age 7

"Love is when you kiss all the time.  Then when you get tired of kissing, you still want to be together and you talk more.  My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss" Emily - age 8

"Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen," Bobby - age 7 (Wow!)

"If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate," Nikka - age 6

"There are two kinds of love.  Our love.  God's love. But God makes both kinds of them." Jenny - age 8

"Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday." Noelle - age 7

"Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends even after they know each other so well." Tommy - age 6

"During my piano recital, I was on a stage and I was scared.  I looked at all the people watching me and saw my daddy waving and smiling.  He was the only one doing that.  I wasn't scared anymore," Cindy - age 8

"My mommy loves me more than anybody.  You don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night." Clare - age 6

"Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken." Elaine -age 5

"Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford." Chris - age 7

"Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day." Mary Ann - age 4
                                                                                                                                                    

"I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones." Lauren - age 4

"When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you." Karen - age 7

"Love is when Mommy sees Daddy on the toilet and she doesn't think it's gross." Mark - age 6

"You really shouldn't say 'I love you' unless you mean it.  But if you mean it, you should say it a lot.  People forget," Jessica - age 8

Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he was asked to judge.  The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child.  The winner was a four year old child whose next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife.  Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old gentleman's yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there. When his Mother asked him what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said, "Nothing, I just helped him cry."

Great Motivational Video-Worth Watching...

Attitude....

Someone once approached Blaise Pascal, the famous French Philosopher and said, "If I had your brains, I would be a better person". Pascal replied, "Be a better person and you will have my brains".


The Calgary Tower stands at 190.8 meters. The total weight of the tower is 10,884 tons, of which 6,349 tons is below ground (approx. 60%). This shows that some of the greatest buildings have the strongest foundations. Just like a great building stands on a strong foundation, so does success. And the foundation of success is attitude.

Guidelines to stay happy forever...

How to stay young and happy always....

Throw out non-essential numbers...this includes age, weightand height...

Keep only cheerful friends., the grouches pull you down..

Keep Learning; learn about computer, crafts, gardening,  anything...and do not keep your mind idle.

Enjoy simple things.

Laugh ofter, loud and long.

Surround yourself with what you love.

The tears happen; endure, grieve and move on.  The only person who is with us our entirelife, is yourself. Live while you are alive.

Look For The Gold

Andrew Caregie came to America form Scotland asa young boy. He started out by doing odd jobs and ended up as a one of thelargest steel manufactures in United States. At one time, he had 43millionaires working for him. A million dollars is a lot of money today, but inthe 1920s it was worth much more.

Someone once asked Mr. Carneige how he dealtwith the people. Andrew Carneige replied, ” Dealing with people is a lot likedigging for gold: When you go digging for an ounce of gold you have to movetons of dirt. But when you go digging, you don’t go looking for the dirt, yougo looking for the gold.”

Andrew Carneige’s reply has very importantmessage. Though sometimes it may not be apparent there is something positive inevery person and every situation. We have to dig deep to look for the positive.  

  Always look for the positive in every momentyour life that keeps you happy forever. 

Does God Exist?

One Of The Best Arguments.!! I have ever read

Don’t miss even a single word…. It’s Too good

An atheist professor of philosophy speaks to hisclass on the problem science has with God, The Almighty.

He asks one of his new students to stand and…..

Prof: So you believe in God?

Student: Absolutely, sir.

Prof: Is God good?

Student: Sure.

Prof: Is God all-powerful?

 Student: Yes..

Prof: My brother died of cancer even though heprayed to God to heal him. Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill.But God didn’t. How is this God good then? Hmm?

(Student is silent.)

Prof: You can’t answer, can you? Let’s start again,young fella. Is God good?

Student: Yes.

Prof: Is Satan good?

Student: No.

Prof: Where does Satan come from?

Student: From….God…

Prof: That’s right. Tell me son, is there evil inthis world?

Student: Yes.

Prof: Evil is everywhere, isn’t it? And God didmake everything. Correct?

Student: Yes.

Prof: So who created evil?

(Student does not answer.)

Prof: Is there sickness? Immorality? Hatred?Ugliness? All these terrible things exist in the world, don’t they?

Student: Yes, sir.

Prof: So, who created them?

(Student has no answer.)

Prof: Science says you have 5 senses you use toidentify and observe the world around you. Tell me, son…Have you ever seen God?

Student: No, sir.

Prof: Tell us if you have ever heard your God?

Student: No, sir.

Prof: Have you ever felt your God, tasted your God,smelt your God? Have you ever had any sensory perception of God for thatmatter?

Student: No, sir. I’m afraid I haven’t.

Prof: Yet you still believe in Him?

Student: Yes.

Prof: According to empirical, testable,demonstrable protocol, science says your GOD doesn’t exist.

What do you say to that, son?

Student: Nothing. I only have my faith.

Prof: Yes. Faith. And that is the problem sciencehas.

Student: Professor, is there such a thing as heat?

Prof: Yes.

Student: And is there such a thing as cold?

Prof: Yes.

Student: No sir. There isn’t.

(The lecture the after becomes very quiet with thisturn of events.)

Student: Sir, you can have lots of heat, even moreheat, superheat, mega heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat..

But we don’t have anything called cold. We can hit458 degrees below zero which is no heat, but we can’t go any further afterthat. There is no such thing as cold. Cold is only a word we use to describethe absence of heat. We cannot measure cold. Heat is energy Cold is not theopposite of heat, sir, just the absence of it .

(There is pin-drop silence in the lecture theatre.)

Student: What about darkness, Professor? Is theresuch a thing as darkness?

Prof: Yes. What is night if there isn’t darkness?

Student : You’re wrong again, sir. Darkness is theabsence of something. You can have low light, normal light, bright

light, flashing light…..But if you have no lightconstantly, you have nothing and it’s called darkness, isn’t it? In reality,darkness isn’t. If it were you would be able to make darkness darker, wouldn’tyou?

Prof: So what is the point you are making, youngman?

Student: Sir, my point is your philosophicalpremise is flawed.

Prof: Flawed? Can you explain how?

Student: Sir, you are working on the premise ofduality. You argue there is life and then there is death, a good God and a badGod. You are viewing the concept of God as something finite, something we canmeasure. Sir, science can’t even explain a thought.. It uses electricity andmagnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one.To viewdeath as the opposite of life is to be ignorant of the fact that death cannotexist as a substantive thing. Death is

not the opposite of life: just the absence of it.

Now tell me, Professor.Do you teach your studentsthat they evolved from a monkey?

Prof: If you are referring to the naturalevolutionary process, yes, of course, I do.

Student: Have you ever observed evolution with yourown eyes, sir?

(The Professor shakes his head with a smile,beginning to realize where the argument is going.)

Student: Since no one has ever observed the processof evolution at work and cannot even prove that this process is an on-goingendeavor, are you not teaching your opinion, sir? Are you not a scientist but apreacher? (The class is in uproar.)

Student: Is there anyone in the class who has everseen the Professor’s brain?

(The class breaks out into laughter.)

Student : Is there anyone here who has ever heardthe Professor’s brain, felt it, touched or smelt it? No one appears to havedone so. So, according to the established rules of empirical, stable,demonstrable protocol, science says that you have no brain,sir. With all duerespect, sir, how do we then trust your lectures, sir?

(The room is silent. The professor stares at thestudent, his face unfathomable.)

Prof: I guess you’ll have to take them on faith,son.

Student: That is it sir… The link between man &god is FAITH . That is all that keeps things moving & alive.

I believe you have enjoyed the conversation…and ifso…you’ll probably want your friends/colleagues to enjoy the same…won’tyou?….this is a true story, and the

student was none other than …….

APJ Abdul Kalam, the former President of India

The Story Of Blind Girl

There was a blind girl who hated herself just because she was blind. She hated everyone, except her loving boyfriend. He was always there for her. She said that if she could only see the world, she would marry her boyfriend.

One day, someone donated a pair of eyes to her and then she could see everything, including her boyfriend. Her boyfriend asked her, “now that you can see the world, will you marry me?”

The girl was shocked when she saw that her boyfriend was blind too, and refused to marry him. Her boyfriend walked away in tears, and later wrote a letter to her saying:

“Just take care of my eyes dear.”

 This is how human brain changes when the status changed. Only few remember what life was before, and who’s always been there even in the most painful situations.

Life Is A Gift

Today before you think of saying an unkind word–think of someone who can’t speak.

Before you complain about the taste of your food–think of someone who has nothing to eat.

Before you complain about your husband or wife–think of someone who is crying out to God for a companion.

Today before you complain about life–think of someone who went too early to heaven.

Before you complain about your children–think of someone who desires children but they’re barren.

Before you argue about your dirty house, someone didn’t clean or sweep–think of the people who are living in the streets.

Before whining about the distance you drive–think of someone who walks the same distance with their feet.

And when you are tired and complain about your job–think of the unemployed, the disabled and those who wished they had your job.

But before you think of pointing the finger or condemning another–remember that not one of us are without sin and we all answer to one maker.

And when depressing thoughts seem to get you down–put a smile on your face and thank God you’re alive and still around.

               .........Life is a gift – Live it, Enjoy it, Celebrate it, and Fulfill it..........