Good cup of Coffee

`> Good Coffee> > 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 for 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.>