Savor the Coffee!, not the cups!

Many of us in our lives want to taste success. Not just once or twice, but always!... We always want the best in our lives. Right from dress to shoes to the friends and society we move with, there is always an inner feeling that I want the best!.. While for some, it comes automatically even without any search, for others they go in search of it and the search continues.....In the search process, we get stressed in our lives that we start cribbing.. That adds further..

I came across this interesting piece of story. After reading it, I felt I must share it with readers.. I am sure everyone of us would have encountered or coming across the same in our lives. A very thought provoking story indeed....

The story is about a group of alumni who have a highly established careers. They were the busiest kind of people. One day, they get together to visit their old university Professor. They were recollecting their memories in the past. The conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in Work and Life. Everybody had a story to talk about the stress they faced in life. The professor was observing all this. Offering coffee to his guests, the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups - Porcelein, Plastic, Glass, Crystal, some plain looking, some expensive, some exquisite. He told his guests to help themselves.

After everyone had a cup of coffee in their hand, the professor said, "If you notice 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 cups adds no value or 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 you began eyeing each other's cup to see who had the best one......"

"Now relate this to life. Life is like a Coffee; the jobs, money, position in society are the cups.How true isn't it!!! They are just the tools to hold and contain LIFE and the type of cup that 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... We are no exceptions to it!. Are we???

SAVOR THE COFFEE!, NOT THE CUPS!The happiest of the people don't have the best of everything.. They just make the best of everything..

Live simply!

Speak kindly!

Care deeply!

Love generously!

Signing off,

SPH

The Lizard story

This is a story that I received in email. But instead of forwarding it, I chose to share it this way. This is the story of a lizard.

In order to renovate the house, someone in Japan breaks open the wall. Japanese houses normally have a hollow space between the wooden walls. When tearing down the walls, he found that there was a lizard stuck there because a nail from outside hammered into one of its feet. He sees this, feels pity, and at the same time curious, as when he checked the nail, it was nailed 5 years ago when the house was first built!

What happened?

The Lizard has survived in such position for 5 years!. In a dark wall partition for 5 years without moving, it is impossible and mind boggling. Then he wondered how this lizard survived for 5 years without moving a simple step - since its foot was nailed!. So he stopped his work and observed the lizard, what it has been doing, and what and how it has been eating. Later not knowing from where it came, appears another lizard, with food in its mouth.

Ah!. He was stunned and touched deeply. For the lizard that was stuck by nail, another lizard has been feeding it for the past 5 years!

Imagine? It has been doing that untiringly for 5 long years without giving up hope on its partner. Imagine what a small creature can do that a creature blessed with a brilliant mind can't. PLEASE NEVER ABANDON YOUR LOVED ONES!

Lesson from the Story:

"Never say you are busy when they really need you... You may have the Entire World at your feet.. But you might be the only world to them..."

A moment of negligence might break the very heart which loves you through all odds.

Before you say something just remember.. it takes a moment to break but an entire lifetime to make - author unknown.