Life is Like a Cup of 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 have been 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. Savor the coffee, not the cups! 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.

For me, based from that story. The cup would signify some philosophy on life. Whether we drink from the expensive cup or the plain cup it really doesn't matter if both cups supply the same function which is to hold the liquid. A plain cup would signify us as a humble mellow girl. Compared to the expensive cup which would cast us as a stuck up high maintaince person. Are you agree with me? Just for share.

Lova, Magda!

Pemuda Tangguh & Pemudi Cantik

Sebenernya ini catatan dari talkshow yang diadain sama PKMB Gereja Baptis Kebayoran beberapa minggu lalu. Gue ngepost ini karena gue inget waktu itu Kak Yudea ngajain gue buat dateng. Dia bilang gini awalnya pada saat gue lagi ngumpul dengan Kak Riri dan Kak Elitha, "eh nanti siang gaada acara kan? dateng PKMB yuk! nanti ngebahas tentang Pemuda Tangguh dan Pemudi Cantik.." dan gue langsung bilang... "ah engga ah kak, aku kan gak cantik.." dan itu sih sebenarnya cuma alibi gue untuk tidak datang, tapi.... ternyata Tuhan punya rencana HAHAHA.

Gue sih pengen share ke kalian tentang definisi dari Pemuda Tangguh dan Pemudi Cantik. Talkshow ini dibawakan oleh Kak Helen Ongko. Oke, gue akan menjelaskan sama kalian seperti apakah Pemuda Tangguh dan Pemudi Cantik.

Dimulai dari Pemuda Tangguh dulu ya..

PEMUDA TANGGUH

Kalo kata Kak Helen. Yusuf adalah contoh Pemuda Tangguh yang ada di AlKitab. karena dia mengalami beberapa fase dalam hidupnya, yaitu:

• Masa kenyamanan (Kej 37).
• Masa penderitaan dan pembentukan (Kej 39-40).
• Masa kejayaan/keemasan (Kej 41).

Dan Kak Helen bilang, ciri-ciri Pemuda Tangguh adalah:

1. Dare to dream.
2. Choose the right attitudes.
3. Work hard and work smart.
4. Be consistent,persistent,and resistant.
5. Rely on God not yourself.

Dan jika kelima poin tersebut dilakukan oleh Pemuda Tangguh, alhasil ia akan:

• Selalu berhasil (Kej 39:2)
• Memberkati orang lain (Kej 39:5)
• Memuliakan Tuhan (Kej 39:3)

Lanjut ke Pemudi Cantik.....

PEMUDI CANTIK

Kriteria Pemudi cantik dapat dilihat di Kitab Amsal Pasal 31, yang jika disimpulkan sebagai berikut:

C eria, tersenyum dalam segala situasi dan kondisi.
A ndalan (ayat 11), bisa diandalkan dan dipercaya, cool!
N yaman, ada rasa aman /secure.
T olong, sebagai penolong, tidak berbuat jahat seumur hidup, menjadi teman sampai akhir hayat.
I ndah dari permata, menarik, enak dipandang.
K omitmen untuk membangun.

Dan beberapa kata lagi dari Kak Helen tentang Istri yang Cantik:

• Istri yang cantik menjadi penyokong suami.
• Dia kuat,bisa diandalkan, memberi keuntungan bagi suami.
• Istri yang cantik menundukkan diri, tau bagaimana berada dibawah suaminya.
• Dia bukan menjadi dominan daripada suaminya, tapi memberi support.

Lova, Magda!