A group of successful people at the peak of their career with dream jobs, cars and houses decided to visit a former college professor. As they were talking, the discussion gradually slipped to how stressful and tiring everyday life is.
The professor kindly asked them if they wanted to drink some good coffee, and then he returned from the kitchen with a big bowl filled with coffee and some cups. Some of the cups were made of fine porcelain, others of glass and plastic. Some looked normal; others looked very fragile and pricey. Some had gold inlays, others had chipped handles. Then, the pedagogue asked everyone to self-serve.
When all of them had a cup of coffee, he told them: In case you noticed, each and every one of you chose an expensive, fine looking cup, leaving the normal and cheap ones on the table. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with desiring the best things in life but this may be the exact source of issues and everyday stress.
No matter what type of cup you choose, the coffee will still have the same taste. The cup cannot add any quality to the coffee itself. In most cases, all it does is make it seem more expensive. In other cases, we really can’t see what’s inside it. All you really wanted was the coffee, not the cup, yet unconsciously you chose the most pricey and good-looking ones. Then, you started looking at each other’s cups, thinking it’s prettier than yours.
Life is just like a good quality coffee: the job, money, career, car, house, clothes and our position in society are the cups. All they do is help us live, but they are not LIFE itself. The clothes we own, our position in society and our money don’t mean “life”. They only help us live it. They don’t define the meaning of it. On the contrary, most of the people who have much are envious with those who have more, so they fail enjoying what they have.
Sometimes, while focusing on the cup, we really forget to savor the coffee.
Enjoy the coffee, not the cups ! the happiest persons are not those who have the most things. The happiest persons are the people who can enjoy as much as they can the things they have, where they have it, at the present moment. They make life beautiful and worth living. (KELEMEN PETRA)
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