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God's Coffee
A group of schoolmates who have left school for several years, highly established in their careers, got
together to visit their old university professor. Conversation soon turned into
1 about stress in work and
life. Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and
2 with a large pot of coffee and a
variety of cups-porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain looking, some expensive, some graceful-telling
them to
3 themselves to the coffee.
When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said. "
4 you noticed,
5 the nice
looking expensive cups were
6 , leaving behind the
7 and cheap ones.
8 it is normal for you to want
only the best for yourselves, that is the
9 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
10 hides what we drink.
What all of you
11 wanted was coffee, not the cup,
12 you consciously
13 the best cups... And then
you began
14 each other's cups. Now consider this: Life is the coffee; the jobs, money, and
15 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
16 of life we live. Sometimes, by
17 only on the cup, we
18 to enjoy the coffee God has
provided us."
God brews the coffee, not the cups... Enjoy your coffee!
"The
19 people don't have the best of everything. They just
20 the best of everything."
Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly.
Leave the rest to God.
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B. complaints B. went B. serve B. Whether B. most B. taken up B. delicate B. While B. force B. also B. really B. so B. held up B. toasting B. income B. way B. wasting B. fail B. richest B. make |
C. arguments C. returned C. attach C. Because C. no C. cleared up C. plain C. When C. reason C. almost C. surely C. or C. struggled C. eyeing C. occupation C. quality C. concentrating C. tend C. luckiest C. learn |
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