Dec 052009
 

I got just what I wanted and I don’t like it.  It’s the coffee maker that grinds the beans and makes the coffee automatically.  It makes delicious, fresh coffee with little effort on my part . . . the first time.  AFTER the first time, you not only have a coffee pot and basket to rinse out, but a grinder mechanism with intricate corners and crevasses that all must be cleaned and dried before it can be used again.  It’s more trouble than it’s worth.

Over the years, I have gotten many things that are just what I asked for, but not what I really wanted.  This morning it occured to me that the opposite might also be true.  There just might be a few things in life that, unwanted and never requested, would be just perfect for me if I would only ask and accept them.

  4 Responses to “Making Coffee the Hard Way”

  1. ah, the paradox of life! very insightful! as always, thanks for sharing. tish ☺

  2. One more time… I think I got the comment on the right blog entry finally… maybe. 🙂

    Thanks Mark for your very good writing. A chip off the old block for sure — your dad that is. Though we have not met, I feel as if I know you because of your parents’ stories and am getting to know you more as I visit your creative blog from time-to-time. I agree with that coffee grinding. I use the coffee pods now in a Senseo machine. Perfect and no mess to clean up either. ALL… JOY TO YOUR WORLD, kerry.

  3. Kerry,

    Thanks for the encouragement . . . and the advice on the coffee maker. Would it be wrong to pray that this one breaks soon so I can buy another one? 😉

    Mark

  4. I found my current Senseo Coffee Maker at a yard sale for $10. 🙂 ALL JOY TO YOUR WORLD!

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