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 !!!