COFFEE OR CUP (Facts of life)
Something worth pondering.... " 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. *