Cup and water

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Dinu Mysore, India(Zone 10a) Aug 05, 2005

A group of working adults got together to visit their University lecturer. The lecturer was happy to see them. Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life.

The Lecturer just smiled and went to the kitchen to get an assortment of cups - some porcelain, some in plastic, some in glass, some plain looking and some looked rather expensive and exquisite.
The Lecturer offered his former students the cups to get drinks for themselves.

When all the students had a cup in hand with water, the Lecturer spoke: "If you noticed, all the nice looking, expensive cups were taken up, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is normal that you only want the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress. What all you wanted was water, not the cup, but we unconsciously went for the better cups."

"Just like in life, if Life is Water, then the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold/maintain Life, but the quality of Life doesn't change."

"If we only concentrate on the cup, we won't have time to enjoy/taste the water in it."

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leaflady Hughesville, MO(Zone 5a) Aug 05, 2005

Thanks, Dinu. I think I'll print this one. It's a keeper for sure.

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Joan Belfield, ND(Zone 4a) Aug 05, 2005

That's great! I love how it puts things in perspective.

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sugarweed Taylor Creek, FL(Zone 10a) Aug 06, 2005

Another jewel of wisdom Dinu! Thanks,
sidney

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maggiemoo Conroe, TX(Zone 9a) Aug 06, 2005

Very true, words to remember for sure. Thanks Dinu!

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tombaak High Desert, NV(Zone 5a) Aug 06, 2005

Very nice!

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