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These writings are from Randy Gage, a
motivational speaker who's no-nonsense
style really appeals to me! Check it out here
or you can visit his site here
motivational speaker who's no-nonsense
style really appeals to me! Check it out here
or you can visit his site here
Life Is Like A Cup of Coffee
Author Unknown
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 have been
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 eying each others' 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. Savor the
coffee, not the cups! The happiest people don't have the best
of everything. They just
make the best of everything.”
Author Unknown
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 have been
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 eying each others' 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. Savor the
coffee, not the cups! The happiest people don't have the best
of everything. They just
make the best of everything.”
