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A group in alumni , highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor.
onversation soon turn into complaints about stress in work and life
2ffering he·s guests coffee the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups.
@orcelain, plastic, glass, crystal and some plain looking,
Some expensive, some exquisite ² telling them to help themselves with coffee
hen all the students had a cup of coffee in the hand the professor said:
Oif you have noticed, all the expensive cups were taken up, leaving behind the plain and cheap one·s
hile it is normal to you to only want the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress.
je assured 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.
hat we all really wanted was the coffee, not the cup, but you constantly went for the best cups.
And then you began eyeing each others cups.
ow consider this: Life is the coffee, the jobs, money and position in society are the cups.
hey 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 for us
God brew·s the coffee not the cups« enjoy your coffee
Othe happiest people don·t have the best of everything. they just make the best of everything.µ
Live simply. Love generously are deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God. V
onversation soon turn into complaints about stress in work and life
2ffering he·s guests coffee the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups.
@orcelain, plastic, glass, crystal and some plain looking,
Some expensive, some exquisite ² telling them to help themselves with coffee
hen all the students had a cup of coffee in the hand the professor said:
Oif you have noticed, all the expensive cups were taken up, leaving behind the plain and cheap one·s
hile it is normal to you to only want the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress.
je assured 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.
hat we all really wanted was the coffee, not the cup, but you constantly went for the best cups.
And then you began eyeing each others cups.
ow consider this: Life is the coffee, the jobs, money and position in society are the cups.
hey 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 for us
God brew·s the coffee not the cups« enjoy your coffee
Othe happiest people don·t have the best of everything. they just make the best of everything.µ
Live simply. Love generously are deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God. V
