Offering his guests coffee, the professor went into the kitchen and soon returned with a large pot of coffee and an eclectic assortment of cups - porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal - some plain, some expensive, some really exclusive. Quietly, he told them to help themselves to some fresh coffee. When all his students had a cup of coffee in their hands, the old professor quietly cleared his throat and patiently addressed the small gathering.
"You may have noticed that all of the nicer looking cups were taken up first, leaving behind the plainer and cheaper ones. While it is only natural for you to want only the best for yourselves, it is actually the source of much of your stress related problems.
Be assured that the cup itself adds no quality to the coffee. In fact, the cup merely disguises or dresses up what we drink. What each of you really wanted was coffee, not a cup. But you instinctively went for the most exclusive cups. Then you began eying each other's cups.
Now consider this: Life is coffee. Jobs, money, and position in society are merely cups or tools to shape and contain life, and the type of cup we have does not truly define nor change the quality of life we live.
Often, we concentrate only on the cup, and so we fail to enjoy the coffee that God has provided us. God brews the coffee, and passes out the cups by His own sovereign will. Enjoy and use your coffee and the cups He has given you to honor Him!"
The happiest people don't have the best of everything; they just make the best of everything.
-- With thanks from Speaking Tree, Times of India
I like the thought ..
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