A group of alumni established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor… Conversations 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 like porcelain, plastic, glass and crystal…some plain looking, some expensive and some exquisite.
The professor told his guests to help themselves with the coffee… After everyone had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said: “If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups have been taken up, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones… Well, it is normal for us to want only the best for ourselves… But, that is the source of your problems and stress said the professor… Be assured that the cup adds no quality to the coffee…
In most cases it is 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 you began eyeing each other’s cups to see who had the best one.
Now, consider this… Life is the coffee while the jobs, 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. Savor the coffee, not the cups! The happiest people don’t have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything.
Live simply…
Speak kindly…
Care deeply…
Love generously…
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