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 of 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 Life, but the
quality of Life doesn't change. If we only concentrate
on the cup, we won't have time to enjoy the water in
it."
Relish the water, not the cup!
