Life is Like a Cup of Coffee

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Spiritual Story by Unknown

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 have been 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.  Savor the coffee, not the cups!  "The happiest people  don't have the best  of everything. They just make . . . the best of everything."  SO. . .  Live simply.  Love generously. Care deeply.  Speak kindly. :)