How a cup of coffee deters the situation of the job satisfaction u are experiencing

**larrenV2.003** · 08-05-2007, 07:13 PM

Something for us to ponder

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. Yummy!

**diamond_coast** · 08-05-2007, 07:16 PM

lol...good one

**larrenV2.003** · 08-05-2007, 07:17 PM

	Quote:			Originally Posted by diamond_coast
	lol...good one

Good one yea haha...but somehow there are some ppl who backstab each other until the cup is broken...:shifty3:

**diamond_coast** · 08-05-2007, 07:28 PM

	Quote:			Originally Posted by larrenV2.003
	Good one yea haha...but somehow there are some ppl who backstab each other until the cup is broken...:shifty3:

what to do... the world is like that de mah...... haha talking abt back stabber.... u gt watch the advertisment on taking brands essence of chicken to keep alert from back stabbers??? haha drink brands essence of chicken lor

**djchris** · 08-05-2007, 07:29 PM

I love the story...

Naturally as the rest have said..there are always those who don't want people to drink their coffee...or people who want other people's coffee as well.

**teriyaki** · 11-05-2007, 09:54 PM

haha.. nice one

next tym we dun drink coffee... so pple cant snatch it from us WAAHAA

queenie · 13-05-2007, 02:33 PM

Good Analysation.

**illusionx** · 13-05-2007, 10:24 PM

good one.. just like the "look on the half full of water, instead of the half empty of it".

**larrenV2.003** · 13-05-2007, 10:46 PM

Haha thanks yea hope that everyone reading it will at least keep that in your mind.:biggrin4:

**Ican** · 14-05-2007, 12:17 AM

Nice story.

**froggie** · 06-06-2007, 07:37 AM

nice story, what if I have an empty cup ?

I need to find more teapot to help me fill it.....

**sex-on-heels** · 07-06-2007, 10:57 AM

I am using disposable styrofoam cups!

Haha, but thanks for posting up this story, rather inspirational on a dreary thursday morning. =)

**id_peace** · 11-06-2007, 10:41 AM

the professor is very smart and very wise

08-05-2007, 07:13 PM	#1 (permalink)
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