LIFE IS THE  COFFEE

A group of alumni, highly established in their
careers, got
together to visit their old university professor. The
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
And some exquisite - telling them to help themselves
to the  coffee.

After 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
but  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's 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
began eyeing 
each
other's cups."

"Now consider this: Life is the coffee, and the  jobs,
houses, cars,
things, 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  us."

God brews the coffee, not the cups . . . enjoy your
coffee.

"Being happy :) doesn't mean everything's perfect, It
means  you've
decided to see beyond the imperfections"

Live in peace and  peace will live in you.