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NAM
Knowflake

Posts: 1995
From: Sunny place.
Registered: Jan 2007

posted November 02, 2007 01:43 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for NAM     Edit/Delete Message
Coffee (Life) Lesson:

A group of alumni, all highly established in their respective careers, got together
for a visit with their old university professor. The conversation soon turned to complaints about the endless stress of work and life.

Offering his guests coffee, the professor went into the kitchen and soon returned
with a large pot of coffee and an eclectic assortment of cups: porcelain, plastic,
glass, crystal some plain, some expensive, some quite exquisite. Quietly he told
them to help themselves to some fresh coffee.

When each of his former students had a cup of coffee in hand, the old professor
quietly cleared his throat and began to patiently address the small gathering...

"You may have noticed that all of the nicer looking cups were taken up first,
leaving behind the plainer and cheaper ones. While it is only natural for you
to want only the best for yourselves, which is actually the source of much
of your stress-related problems..."

"Be assured that the cup itself adds no quality to the coffee. In fact, the cup
merely disguises or dresses up what we drink. What each of you really wanted
was coffee, not a cup, but you instinctively went for the best cups... Then
you began eying each others cups....''

"Now consider this: Life is coffee. Jobs, money, and position in society are
merely cups. They are just tools to shape and contain life, and the type of
cup we have does not truly define nor change the quality of the life we live...''

"Often, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee.''
The happiest people don't have the best of everything, they just make
the best of everything.

Remember:
Live simply.
Love generously.
Care deeply.
Speak kindly.
Enjoy the coffee!


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AcousticGod
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From: Pleasanton, CA, USA
Registered: May 2005

posted November 02, 2007 02:12 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for AcousticGod     Edit/Delete Message
Nice!

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miss_muffet
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Posts: 832
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posted November 02, 2007 02:40 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for miss_muffet     Edit/Delete Message
Plastic cups make the coffee tastes aweful.

Just a thought.

MM

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AcousticGod
Knowflake

Posts: 11943
From: Pleasanton, CA, USA
Registered: May 2005

posted November 02, 2007 02:53 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for AcousticGod     Edit/Delete Message
Probably not a good life container either.

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NAM
Knowflake

Posts: 1995
From: Sunny place.
Registered: Jan 2007

posted November 02, 2007 04:17 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for NAM     Edit/Delete Message
*rolling eyes* at both of you....


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Skyhawk
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Posts: 121
From: Kansas
Registered: Aug 2007

posted November 02, 2007 07:27 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Skyhawk     Edit/Delete Message

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