Hot Chocolate

My sister-in-law sent this to me the other day and I really liked it! So true that we need to be thankful for what we have and just "enjoy the journey" and live like every day is our last...

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...