Life is Like a Cup of Coffee

Spiritual Story by 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 eyeing each other's 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. Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly.

-Unknown Author from www.spiritual-short-stories.com



Like this story alot...meaningful ^^ and it was the meaning of my previous post's title.
Class chalet was awesome!!! I think i posted it a bit late..BUT IT WAS FUN!!! Post about it next time...

The first day of school is ...............
I took 39 from Tamp int, and was the only one inside the bus until the 4th stop i tink...and the bus ride is 45mins?!?! i thot i take at 6.45 i can reach by 7.10, i was wrong LOL....reached at 7.25...
Haven start A'level got Uni talk already.....
i am thinking how long can i keep up with these?? Especially when i am the kind of person that is used to relaxing lifestyle.
H2 Chem,H2 Math, GP, PW, MTL <

Now i am thinking if i should take
H2 Econs with H1 geog or
H2 physics with H1 Econs
Gotta decide by tonight....2359...Course registration closed tonight....
Talked to my cousin...
he appealed from SRJC to SAJC.......dunnoe how he did that
Taking H2 Chem, Bio, Math, H1 Econs somemore....=.=

Then...STILL GOT CCA!!!!
Sailing? Canoeing?? Bastketball? Table-tennis?!?!!
Ok shall wait for orientation....

Gotta manage my time properly now!!!i chose this path, i have to walk it !!!

Currently like practicing hokkien with my parents and malay with my cousin?!!??! No choice, my cousin(another one) dunnoe english, but my malay quite broken ah...HAHA