Your Cup

I heard this in a church service: “You are at a party. You fill a cup with coffee. Someone jostles you from behind, and the coffee spills all over you, those around you, the carpet, everywhere.

Why did you spill the coffee?

Because that was what was in your cup.

You are the cup. Whatever you have inside WILL spill out whenever life jostles you, and life WILL jostle you. It is up to you what you have inside that spills out.”

With Tai Chi Chih, I am more confident about what I have in my cup.