Source of our problems .. ?
A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university lecturer. Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life. Offering his guests coffee, the lecturer went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups: porcelain, plastic, glass, some plain-looking and some expensive and exquisite, telling them to help themselves to hot coffee.
When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the lecturer said: "If you noticed, all the nice-looking, expensive cups were taken up, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. "While it is but normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress".
What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went for the better cups and are eyeing each other's cups. Now, if Life is coffee, then the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain Life, but the quality of Life doesn't change. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee in it. So don't let the cups drive you...enjoy the coffee instead.
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and high goals, but shall not forget whose hands and shoulders, one used as support to step up in Life and reward them in time.....I mean Family, friends and colleagues.
I repeat....
It is all individual perception of Life and Success.
Thats the reason new generation wanted to remain single and focus on their professional career then getting trapped into more commitments!
consciouseffort... Im not saying we should forget the pebbles, I'm just saying we should have goals...
Thank u to all who took out time to read this.
Cupid ... its good to set sky as a limit but while climbing those stairs towards success one should not miss noticing those small pebbles that come in our way. Pebbles' means giving time to parents, wife, kids, eating out with them etc
TFS..
But you know, similar was posted on QL sometime back...But thanks for refreshing our mood..
I love and enjoy my coffee;
Be self content with what WE Have and thank God for his blessings!
It is all individual perception of Life and Success.
I will go for the cup... It's not bad to better ourselves and try to achieved something higher even if it's far fetch still I won't mind trying. People needs to set goals so we won't lose ourselves in the process as long as it's good for the soul.
Who wants to drink coffee from plastic/glass? - could melt/shatter.
Logical that you aren't going to choose those.
Same i dont eat chinese food with knife and fork
TFS.
though it's a human nature (IMO) to always aim high. :)
with aiming high comes commitment and dedication plus passion. :p
Good stuff.TFS concious!
I agree,it's the hard work and dedication that matters most.
It is indeed that some people has No satisfaction in Life....
- so true...sad truth!
Thanx for sharing this lovet!
its a human nature to complicates life.
Happiness out of life driven by a cup is shallow.
are right we are looking for cups not cofee