We Can Learn!

Too many times, we face challenges at work, at homeand at other occasions. Maybe we can learn from this story: A group of alumni, highly established in theircareers, got together to visit their old universityprofessor. Conversation soon turned into complaintsabout stress in work and life. Offering his guestscoffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returnedwith a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups:porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plainlooking, some expensive, some exquisite - telling themto help themselves to hot coffee. When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, theprofessor said: "If you noticed, all the nice lookingexpensive cups were taken up, leaving behind the plainand cheap ones. While it is normal for you towant only the best for yourself, that want is thesource of your problems and stress. What all of youreally wanted was coffee, not the cup, but youconsciously went for the best cups and were eyeingeachother's cups.

Now if life is coffee, then the jobs, money andposition in society are the cups. They are just toolsto hold and contain Life, but the quality of Lifedoesn't change. Sometimes, by concentrating only onthe cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee in it." So, don'tlet the cups drive you... enjoy the coffee instead!