咖啡的故事
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A group of graduates, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor. Their 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."
Havent been feeling too great for the past week. Couldn't get to sleep even though my body is tired and find myself waking up in the middle of the night. But this article made me think about and reflect upon a number of things and it made me feel alot better.
I came to a conclusion that it all boils down to our attitudes towards life and how we choose to live it. Some choose to be happy. Some choose to be sad. Some choose to face the problems while some choose to run away from everything. Some prefer the relax way of living life; easily contented with little goals. While others live with big dreams to fulfill.
A group of graduates, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor. Their 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."
Havent been feeling too great for the past week. Couldn't get to sleep even though my body is tired and find myself waking up in the middle of the night. But this article made me think about and reflect upon a number of things and it made me feel alot better.
I came to a conclusion that it all boils down to our attitudes towards life and how we choose to live it. Some choose to be happy. Some choose to be sad. Some choose to face the problems while some choose to run away from everything. Some prefer the relax way of living life; easily contented with little goals. While others live with big dreams to fulfill.
No matter how unfair life may seem to be sometimes, always remembers the happiest person do not have the best of everything. She just make the best out of everything.
Everything is gonna be alright.
posted by s.o.z.j at
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