A group of men who was highly successful in their jobs went to visit their old professor. Soon they began to complain(抱怨)about the1in work and life.
The professor went to the kitchen and returned2some coffee and different kinds of cups. Some of them were expensive while others were3He told them to help themselves to the coffee.
4all the students were holding a cup of coffee, the professor said: "I've noticed that all thence-looking expensive cups were taken, and you've5the cheap ones. While it is normal for you to take only the best for yourselves, that is the6of your problems and stress.
You know that the cup itself adds no quality (品质)to the coffee. What you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you 7went for the best cups.
Now think about this, life is the coffee. The jobs and money are the cups. They are just tools to hold life, and the type of cup does not 8 the quality of our life.
9by focusing only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee that life provides us. Life hands us -the coffee，not the cups. Please enjoy your coffee!”
The happiest people don't have the10of everything. They just make the best of everything.
Live simply. Love generously (慷慨地). Care deeply. And speak kindly.
