BamaSixGun
SDD Super Mod/Staff
i have a cousin in the phoenix, az area, that sends me all kinds of e-mails.
i thought this one would be something that we could all use in our daily lives.
hope you enjoy it.
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."
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.
i thought this one would be something that we could all use in our daily lives.
hope you enjoy it.
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."
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.
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