Coffee and Cups

This evening, while checking email, i read message was forward by my friend and i do found it very meaningful is about Coffee and Cup. Hope you enjoy the story


The happiest people in the 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, said the professor, '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

God has provided us. Enjoy your coffee!'

The happiest people don't have the best of everything.
They just make the best of everything. Four things to take
note of in life...

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

Shine a light & enjoy your Coffee today!