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A group of alumni, all highly established in their respective careers, got together for a visit with their old university professor. The conversation soon turned to complaints about the endless stress of work and life in general.

Offering his guests coffee, the professor went into the kitchen and soon returned with a large pot of coffee and an eclectic assortment of cups: porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal - some plain, some expensive, some quite exquisite. Quietly he told them to help themselves to some fresh coffee.

When each of his former students had a cup of coffee in hand, the old professor quietly cleared his throat and began to patiently address the small gathering... ''You may have noticed that all of the nicer looking cups were taken up first, leaving behind the plainer and cheaper ones. While it is only natural for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is actually the source of much of your stress-related problems.'

He continued...''Be assured that the cup itself adds no quality to the coffee. In fact, the cup merely disguises or dresses up what we drink. What each of you really wanted was coffee, not a cup, but you instinctively went for the best cups... Then you began eyeing each other's cups.''

''Now consider this: Life is coffee. Jobs, money, and position in society are merel y cups. They are just tools to shape and contain Life, and the type of cup we have does not truly define nor change the quality of the Life we live. Often, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee that God has provided us... God brews the coffee, but he does not supply the cups. Enjoy your coffee!''

The happiest people don't have the best of everything, they just make the best of everything they have. So please remember: Live simply. Love generously. Care Deeply. Speak Kindly. Leave The Rest To God.

Never Judge another person or compare them to someone else.

And remember - the richest person is not the one who has the most, but the one who needs the least.

Life is short, the older you get the more you realize it so, If you just read this without giving it thought, then we both just wasted precious time....
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What went wrong?

This is the story of four working people: Everybody, Somebody, Anybody and Nobody. There was an important job to be done, and Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody got angry because it was Everybody's job. Everybody thought that Somebody would do it. But Nobody asked Anybody.

It ended up that the job wasn't done, and Everybody blamed Sombody, when acctually Nobody asked Anybody.

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Footprints in the Sand

One night I had a dream. I was

walking along the beach with the

Lord, and across the skies flashed

scenes from my like. In each sccene

I noticed two sets of footprints in the

sand. One was mine, and one was the

Lord's. When the last scene of my life ap-

peared before me, I looked back at the

footprints in the sand, and, to my surprise,

I noticed that many times along the path

of my life there was only one set of foot-

prints. And I noticed that it was at

the lowest saddest times in my

life. I asked the Lord about it:

"Lord, you said that once I

decided to follow you, you

would walk with me all

the way. But I notice

that during the most

troublesome times in

my like there is only one

set of footprints. I don't

understand why you

left my side when I

needed you the most." The

Lord said: "My precious

child, I never left you

during your time of

trial. Where you see

only one set of foot-

prints, I was carrying

you."

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