Life Is Like A Cup Of Coffee

Today, as I got into my office, I quickly rushed  to make a cup of coffee and start my day but I did not see my favorite cup. I searched but all I saw was plastic cup and a broken cup hence I decided not to drink coffee but then, a story called  “Life Is Like A Cup Of Coffee ” came into my mind, which I heard a long time, back when I was in the university

It is a wonderful narration of a simple story that shares a great perspective of life and the way we live it. This story is based on the way we see and lead the life. The story is all about the conversation between Professor and his old students, who came to meet him after many years of their college life.

The Story starts like this…

'' A group of alumni, 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 in hand, the professor said: “If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups have been taken up, leaving behind the plain 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. In most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we drink. What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went for the best cups… And then you began eyeing each other’s cups.

Now consider this: Life is the coffee; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain Life, and the type of cup we have does not define, nor change the quality of life we live.

Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee. Savor the coffee, not the cups!

The happiest people don’t have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything. Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly''

The fact is almost all of us will prefer well designed cups, an expensive life with all the riches and good things but the question is are you happy? are you contended? It is not about if you are rich or poor, pretty or ugly it is about how you live your life. We forget the true meaning of happiness because we are money maniac, work oriented, beauty conscious and greedy. Learn to Live and enjoy your coffee.

Sigh. Finally sipping my coffee from the plastic cup, it is the same content anyway, sweet, rich and creamy coffee. The cup adds no extra sweetness to the coffee.