COFFEE OR CUP

My father in-law would send me tons of email everyday and I just can't finish reading every one of it and I would delete some without reading. Just as I was about to delete this "Coffee or Cup " , then I thought, ok maybe I will read this because it's just a short one. I'm glad i read it and i would like to share it with all of you.

*The happiest people in this world are not those who have no problems, but those who learn to live with things that are less than perfect.*

A group of graduates, 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, the professor said: "If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up,leaving behind the simple 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... 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 on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee. Enjoy your coffee!."



*The happiest people don't have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything*


1) Live simply. 2) Love generously. 3) Care deeply. 4) Speak kindly.

You are the miracle, my friend; your life either shines a light OR casts a shadow! Shine a light & enjoy the Coffee!!!

For those who have seen this, I'm sure you wouldn't mind reading again and for those who haven't, I'm sure you must have heard it many times somewhere. Now, many of us is chasing for the best cup in order to have a better coffee..Do we really need the best cup to enjoy the best coffee? Life is short!! We only Live Once!! We don't want to wait till we get the best cup to taste the best coffee...It may be too late...Think about it...

This is similar to what I've wrote on 22nd April "BE CONTENTED & HAPPY"