PROFESSOR'S Mail : Enjoy the coffee.... not the cup

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 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 hot 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 but 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 if life is coffee, then the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain Life, but the quality of Life doesn't change. Some times, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee in it.' Don't let the cups drive you.. Enjoy the coffee instead

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The Professor's Mails.... PUT THE GLASS DOWN....TODAY

A Professor began his class by holding up a glass
with some water in it. He held it up for all to see
& asked the students

"How much do you think this glass weighs?

'50gms!' .... '100gms!' .....'125gms'...the students answered.

"I really don't know unless I weigh it," said the
professor, "but, my question is:
What would happen if I held it
up like this for a few minutes?"

'Nothing' .....the students said.

'Ok what would happen if I held it up like this for
an hour?' the professor asked.

'Your arm would begin to ache' said one of the
student.

"You're right, now what would happen if I held it
for a day?"

"Your arm could go numb, you might have severe
muscle stress & paralysis &
have to go to hospital for sure!"

...... ventured another student & all the students
laughed "Very good.
But during all this, did the weight of the glass
change?" asked the professor.

'No'.... Was the answer. *

"Then what caused the arm ache & the muscle
stress?"

The students were puzzled.

"What should I do now to come out of pain?" asked
professor again.

"Put the glass down!" said one of the students*

"Exactly!" said the professor.

Life's problems are something like this.
Hold it for a few minutes in your head & they seem
OK. Think of them for a long time & they begin to ache.
Hold it even longer & they begin to paralyze you.
You will not be able to do anything.
It's important to think of the challenges or
problems in your life,
but EVEN MORE IMPORTANT is to 'PUT THEM DOWN' at the
end of every day before
You go to sleep.
That way, you are not stressed, you wake up every
day fresh & strong & can handle any issue,
any challenge that comes your way!
So, When you leave office today,
Remember to.....

* 'PUT THE GLASS DOWN TODAY!' *