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Nov27
Life Is Like A Cup of Coffee
Filed under: Essays, Movies; Tagged as: coffee, inspirational movies, inspirational thoughts, life, movie, stress2 Comments
Here’s a simple inspirational movie that may make you think and maybe re-think your life’s priorities. Below the movie I’ve transcribed the words from the movie, for your review. Enjoy.
Life Is Like A Cup of Coffee
Author Unknown
Brought to you courtesy of Spiritual-Short-Stories.comA 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. He told his guests to help themselves to the coffee.
After everyone 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 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. But you consciously went for the best cups. And then you began eyeing each other’s cups, to see who had the best one.
“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. Speak kindly. Care deeply. Love generously.”
Author Unknown
2 responses to “Life Is Like A Cup of Coffee” 
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Wow! That’s very wonderful. As I have seen the video, I realize that it is true and I really agree with the professor. Those cups are really the tools to contain life.
Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts to us
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The premise of this video is actually false. Research studies have shown that the choice of a coffee cup does affect our perception of a coffee’s taste. Check the Journal of Consumer Research for a recent such study by Aradhna Krishna (University of Michigan) and Maureen Morrin (Rutgers University). For example:
Touch Can Trump Taste, According to New Retail Research from Rutgers School of Business
http://news.rutgers.edu/medrel/news-releases/2008/07/touch-can-trump-tast-20080710And more than anyone else, guess who publishes these stories in journals and reads the research?
University professors. That’s who. Ironic, yes?
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Lisa Reed Hurtt April 28th, 2010 at 02:24