LIB'S LABYRINTH: Life is the coffee

Monday, August 18, 2014

Life is the coffee

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 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. The jobs, houses, cars, things, money and
position in society are the cups. They are just used to hold and contain
life. 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 we were given."

"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.