ARE YOU HEARD ABOUT CUP OF THE COFFEE ON THE WALL?True one & worth knowing.I
sat with my friend in a well-known coffee shop in a neighboring town of Venice,
the city of lights and water. As we enjoyed our coffee, a man entered and sat
on an empty table beside us. He called the waiter and placed his order saying,
‘Two cups of coffee, one of them there on the wall.' We heard this order with
rather interest and observed that he was served with one cup of coffee but he
paid for two. As soon as he left, the waiter pasted a piece of paper on the
wall saying ‘A Cup of Coffee’.
While we were still there, two other men entered and ordered three cups of
coffee, two on the table and one on the wall. They had two cups of coffee but
paid for three and left. This time also, the waiter did the same; he pasted a
piece of paper on the wall saying, ‘A Cup of Coffee’.
It seemed that this gesture was a norm at this place. However, it was something
unique and perplexing for us. Since we had nothing to do with the matter, we
finished our coffee, paid the bill and left.
After a few days, we again had a chance to go to this coffee shop. While we
were enjoying our coffee, a man entered. The way this man was dressed did not
match the standard nor the atmosphere of this coffee shop. Poverty was evident
from the looks on his face. As he seated himself, he looked at the wall and
said, one cup of coffee from the wall. The waiter served coffee to this man
with the customary respect and dignity. The man had his coffee and left without
paying.
We were amazed to watch all this when the waiter took off a piece of paper from
the wall and threw it in the dust bin. Now it was no surprise for us – the
matter was very clear. The great respect for the needy shown by the inhabitants
of this town welled up our eyes with tears.
Coffee is not a need of our society neither a necessity of life for us. The
point to note is that when we take pleasure in any blessing, maybe we also need
to think about those people who appreciate that specific blessing as much as we
do but they cannot afford to have it.
Note the character of this waiter, who is playing a consistent and generous
role to get the communication going between the affording and the needy with a
smile on his face.
Ponder upon this man in need….he enters the coffee shop without having to lower
his self-esteem…he has no need to ask for a free cup of coffee…without asking
or knowing about the one who is giving this cup of coffee to him…he only looked
at the wall, placed an order for himself, enjoyed his coffee and left.
When we analyze this story, along with the other characters, we need to
remember the role played by the wall that reflects the generosity and care of
the dwellers of this town
A LOVELY GESTURE OF CARING AND SHARING WITH THE LESS FORTUNATE. COFFEE COULD
JUST BE THE BEGINNING. MAYBE OTHERS COULD OCCASIONALLY SPONSOR BREAKFAST OR
LUNCH DEPENDING ON WHAT THEY COULD SPARE.
