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Coffee is sociable, it invigorates the senses and captivates the mind, it is intoxicating yet very therapeutic, it delivers feelings of passion, defines romance, and for centuries it has inspired the works of great artists and poets ...
Remember the Mayonnaise Jar, and the Coffee.
by Unknown
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When things in your life seem almost too much to handle, when 24
hours in a day are not enough, remember the mayonnaise jar...and the
coffee.
A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in
front of him. When the class began, wordlessly he picked up a very
large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf
balls. He then asked the students if the jar were full. They agreed
that it was.
So the professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into
the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles rolled into the open
areas between the golf balls. He then asked the students again if the
jar were full.. They agreed it was.
The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the
jar. Of course, the sand filled up everything else. He asked once
more if the jar were full. The students responded with an unanimous
"Yes."
The professor then produced two cups of coffee from under the table
and poured the entire contents into the jar, effectively filling in
the empty space between the sand. The students laughed.
"Now," said the professor, as the laughter subsided, "I want you to
recognize that this jar represents your life. The golf balls are the
important things-your family, your children, your health, your
friends, your favorite passions-things that if everything else were
lost and only they remained, your life would still be full. The
pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house,
your car. The sand is everything else-the small stuff."
"If you put the sand into the jar first," he continued, "there is no
room for the pebbles or the golf balls. The same goes for life. If
you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff, you will never
have room for the things that are important to you. Pay attention to
the things that are critical to your happiness. Play with your
children. Take time to get medical checkups. Take your spouse out to
dinner. Play another 18 holes. There will always be time to clean
the house and fix the disposal."
"Take care of the golf balls first, the things that really matter.
Set your priorities. The rest is just sand."
One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the coffee
represented. The professor smiled. "I'm glad you asked. It goes to
show you that no matter how full your life may seem, there always
room for a couple cups of coffee with a friend."
Wishing all your dreams come true and may the good Lord's angels wrap
their wings around you and keep you safe throughout your day.
Treatise on Modern Stimulants
by Honore de Balzac (1799 - 1850)
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This coffee falls into your stomach and straightway there is a general commotion.Ideas begin to move like the battalions of the Grand Army on
the battlefield, and the battle takes place. Things remembered arrive at full
gallop, ensign to the wind. The light cavalry of comparisons deliver a magnificent
deploying charge, the artillery of logic hurry up with their train and ammunition, the
shafts of wit start up like sharpshooters. Similes arise, the paper is covered with
ink; for the struggle commences and is concluded with torrents of black water, just as a battle with powder.
Treatise on Modern Stimulants
by Honore de Balzac (1799 - 1850)
To the Coffee House!
Viennese poet Peter Altenberg
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When you are worried, have trouble of one sort
or another -to the coffee house!
When she did not keep her appointment, for one reason or another - to the
coffee house!
When your shoes are torn and dilapidated - coffee house!
When your income is four hundred crowns and you spend five hundred - coffee
house!
You are a chair warmer in the office, while your ambition led you to to seek
professional honors - coffee house!
You could not not find a mate to suit you- coffee house!
You feel like committing suicide - coffee house!
You hate and despise human beings, and at the same time you cannot be happy
without them - coffee house!
You compose a poem which you can not inflict upon friends that you meet
in the street - coffee house!
When your coal scuttle is empty, and your gas ration exhausted - coffee
house!
When you are locked out and haven't the money to pay for unlocking the house
door - coffee house!
When you acquire a new flame, and intend provoking the old one, you take the
new one to the old one's - coffee house!
When you feel like hiding, you dive into a - coffee house!
When you want to be seen in a new suit - coffee house!
When you can not get anything on trust anywhere else - coffee house!
Viennese poet Peter Altenberg,
quoted in
All About Coffee, 1922, by William H. Ukers
In Praise of Coffee
by Abd-al-Kadir (1587)
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Coffee is the common man's gold, and like gold,
it brings to every man the feeling of luxury and nobility.
In Praise of Coffee
by Abd-al-Kadir (1587)
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