Enjoy your coffee

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'The happiest people in the world are not those who have no problems,
but those who learn to live with things that are less than perfect.'

A group of graduates, 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, 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.'

Now consider this, said the professor, '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 on
the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee God has provided us. Enjoy your
coffee!'

The happiest people don't have the best of everything.
They just make the
best of everything. Four things to take note of in life...

1. Live simply.
2. Love generously.
3. Care deeply.
4. Speak kindly.

Shine a light & enjoy your Coffee today!!
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find this forwarded email story meaningful ... no matter whether it's coffee, tea, fruit juices or just plain water