A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together tovisit their old university professor. Conversation soon turned intocomplaints about stress in work and life.
Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returnedwith a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups - porcelain, plastic,glass, crystal, some plain looking, some expensive, some exquisite - tellingthem to help themselves to the coffee.
Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returnedwith a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups - porcelain, plastic,glass, crystal, some plain looking, some expensive, some exquisite - tellingthem to help themselves to the coffee.
When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said: Ifyou noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up, leavingbehind the plain and cheap ones. While it is normal for you to want onlythe best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress. Beassured 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. Whatall of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously wentfor the best cups... And then you began eyeing each other's cups.
Now consider this: Life is the coffee; the jobs, money and position insociety are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain Life, and thetype 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.
' Enjoy your coffee! The happiest people don't have the best of everything.They just make the best of everything. '
' Enjoy your coffee! 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.
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