Coffee vs The Cup
I dont usually post forwards but this one is special...puts life into perspective. Plus...using coffee in an anaolgy can never be bad....right? : )
Coffee vs The Cup Its In
A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together
to visit their old university professor. 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, some exquisite - telling them to help themselves
to the coffee.
When 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 normal for you to want only
the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress.
Be 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.
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. Now consider this: Life is the coffee; 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 God has provided us."
"God brews the coffee, not the cups.... 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. Leave the
rest to God. You are the miracle, my friend, Your life either shines a
light - or casts a shadow.
Coffee vs The Cup Its In
A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together
to visit their old university professor. 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, some exquisite - telling them to help themselves
to the coffee.
When 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 normal for you to want only
the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress.
Be 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.
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. Now consider this: Life is the coffee; 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 God has provided us."
"God brews the coffee, not the cups.... 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. Leave the
rest to God. You are the miracle, my friend, Your life either shines a
light - or casts a shadow.
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