A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got
> together to visit their old university professor. The conversation soon
> turned into complaints about stress in work and life.
>
Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen
> and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups -
> porcelain, plastic,
>
> glass, crystal, some plain-looking, some expensive and some
> exquisite -
>
> telling them to help themselves to the coffee.
After all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the
> professor said: "If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up,
> leaving behind the plain and cheap ones.
While it is but normal for you
> to want
only the best for yourselves, that is the source of yourproblems and
stress."
>
"Be assured that the cup itself adds no quality to the coffee.
> In most cases, it's just more expensive and in some cases even hides
> what we drink.
>
> What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup,
but you
consciously
went for the best cups...and then began eyeing each other's
cups."
> "Now consider this: Life is the coffee,
and the jobs, houses,cars, things, money and position in society are the cups. They are just
> tools
> to hold
>
> and contain life, and the type 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 God has provided us."
>
>
>
> God brews the coffee, not the cups . . . enjoy your coffee.
>
>
>
> "Being happy doesn't mean everything's perfect; it means you've
> decided to see beyond the imperfections"
>
>
>
> Live in peace and peace will live in you.
>
>
> together to visit their old university professor. The conversation soon
> turned into complaints about stress in work and life.
>
Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen
> and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups -
> porcelain, plastic,
>
> glass, crystal, some plain-looking, some expensive and some
> exquisite -
>
> telling them to help themselves to the coffee.
After all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the
> professor said: "If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up,
> leaving behind the plain and cheap ones.
While it is but normal for you
> to want
only the best for yourselves, that is the source of yourproblems and
stress."
>
"Be assured that the cup itself adds no quality to the coffee.
> In most cases, it's just more expensive and in some cases even hides
> what we drink.
>
> What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup,
but you
consciously
went for the best cups...and then began eyeing each other's
cups."
> "Now consider this: Life is the coffee,
and the jobs, houses,cars, things, money and position in society are the cups. They are just
> tools
> to hold
>
> and contain life, and the type 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 God has provided us."
>
>
>
> God brews the coffee, not the cups . . . enjoy your coffee.
>
>
>
> "Being happy doesn't mean everything's perfect; it means you've
> decided to see beyond the imperfections"
>
>
>
> Live in peace and peace will live in you.
>
>