Don't let the cups drive you ... Enjoy the coffee instead

Hi there, an interesting story that I came across while surfing...... true indeed.

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 in 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 were 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.
What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went for the best cups and were eyeing each other's cups. Now consider this: Life is the coffee, and the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain Life, and do not change the quality of Life. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee God has provided."
So, don't let the cups drive you ... enjoy the coffee instead.
"Life happens once, Live it!"

To Keep the images in Ascending Order; Universe

Just to follow up with visual of my previous post...

To those who think no end of themselves;

During a key note speech Professor Carlo Fonseka explained by translating a sinhalese (Sri Lankan Language) poem to english.. This explains how big certain people think of them, these are people who think no end of themselves. Let me try and rhyme it without changing the meaning.

here word dot depicts '.'

To the Universe milkyway is a dot
To the milkyway the Planatry system is a dot
To the Planatry system the earth is a dot
To the earth my country is a dot
To my country (when you take all the people) I am a dot
However, I feel so big about myself that I see the universe as a dot.

What do you think of the authors ability in telling them (the big ones) how small they are.

And you wanna know how big you are have a look at the following pictures!

21 Things To Remember

I got the following while surfing and no idea who is the author however, its worth me writing again for this blog viewers to read. So here you go.

1. No one can ruin your day without YOUR permission.
2. Most people will be about as happy, as they decide to be.
3. Others can stop you temporarily, but only you can do it permanently.
4. Whatever you are willing to put up with is exactly what you will have.
5. Success stops when you do.
6. When your ship comes in.... Make sure you are willing to unload it.
7. You will never have it all together.
8. Life is a journey...not a destination. Enjoy the trip!
9. The biggest lie on the planet When I get what I want I will be happy.
10. The best way to escape your problem is to solve it.
11. I've learned that ultimately , 'takers' lose and 'givers' win.
12. Life's precious moments don't have value, unless they are shared.
13. If you don't start, it's certain you won't arrive.
14. We often fear the thing we want the most.
15. He or she who laughs......lasts.
16. Yesterday was the deadline for all complaints.
17. Look for opportunities...not guarantees.
18. Life is what's coming....not what was.
19. Success is getting up one more time.
20. Now is the most interesting time of all.
21. When things go wrong.....don't go with them.