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[GreenSky]

ENJOY YOUR COFFEE
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[COLOR=#000000]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 in
General. 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.
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[COLOR=#000000]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, that is
Actually the source of much of your stress-related problems."

He continued, "Be assured that the cup itself adds no quality to the coffee.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000]In fact, the cup merely disguises or dresses up what we drink. What each[/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000]of you really wanted was coffee, not a cup, but you instinctively went
For the best cups. Then you began eyeing each other's cups. Now consider
This:
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[COLOR=#000000]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. Enjoy your coffee!"
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[COLOR=#000000]The happiest people don't have the best of everything; they just make the[/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000]best of everything they have. So please remember: Live simply.
Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. And remember - the[/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000]richest person is not the one who has the most, but the one who needs[/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000]the least.[/COLOR]

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[Mr. Bill]

Spoken like a true new ager. I like it!

[arnguy]

Wow! What a philosophy!

[Winter]

You have gone granola on us!

Personally, I don't drink champagne out of a dixie cup. To each his own. Oh excuse me. To each his or her own I should have said. And when I have coffee it is only shade-grown and picked by peasants (err, I mean coopertive workers) listening to Enya.

Winter

Originally Posted by GreenSky

ENJOY YOUR COFFEE

[COLOR=#008000]

[COLOR=#000000]A group of alumni, all highly established in their respective careers, got[/COLOR]

[COLOR=#008000]together for a visit with their old university professor. The conversation[/COLOR]

[COLOR=#008000]soon turned to complaints about the endless stress of work and life in[/COLOR]

[COLOR=#008000]general. Offering his guests coffee, the professor went into the kitchen[/COLOR]

[COLOR=#008000]and soon returned with a large pot of coffee and an eclectic assortment of[/COLOR]

[COLOR=#008000]cups: porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal - some plain, some expensive, some[/COLOR]

[COLOR=#008000]quite exquisite. Quietly he told them to help themselves to some fresh coffee.[/COLOR]

[COLOR=#000000]When each of his former students had a cup of coffee in hand, the old[/COLOR]

[COLOR=#000000]professor quietly cleared his throat and began to patiently address the[/COLOR]

[COLOR=#000000]small gathering. "You may have noticed that all of the nicer looking cups[/COLOR]

[COLOR=#000000]were taken up first, leaving behind the plainer and cheaper ones. [/COLOR]

[COLOR=#000000]While it is only natural for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is[/COLOR]

[COLOR=#000000]actually the source of much of your stress-related problems."[/COLOR]

[COLOR=#000000]He continued, "Be assured that the cup itself adds no quality to the coffee.[/COLOR]

[COLOR=#000000]In fact, the cup merely disguises or dresses up what we drink. What each[/COLOR]

[COLOR=#000000]of you really wanted was coffee, not a cup, but you instinctively went[/COLOR]

[COLOR=#000000]for the best cups. Then you began eyeing each other's cups. Now consider[/COLOR]

[COLOR=#000000]this:[/COLOR]

[COLOR=#000000]Life is coffee. Jobs, money, and position in society are merely cups. They[/COLOR]

[COLOR=#000000]are just tools to shape and contain Life, and the type of cup we have does[/COLOR]

[COLOR=#000000]not truly define nor change the quality of the Life we live. Often, by[/COLOR]

[COLOR=#000000]concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee. Enjoy your coffee!"[/COLOR]

[COLOR=#000000]The happiest people don't have the best of everything; they just make the[/COLOR]

[COLOR=#000000]best of everything they have. So please remember: Live simply. [/COLOR]

[COLOR=#000000]Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. And remember - the[/COLOR]

[COLOR=#000000]richest person is not the one who has the most, but the one who needs[/COLOR]

[COLOR=#000000]the least.[/COLOR]

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[midwestbroker]

You will never see that on the side of a Starbucks cup.

[bizwiz]

Wow that was touching. I'll never look at a cup of coffee the same way again.