About cups
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A simple, meaningful analogy for reflection....
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 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 positioning society are the cups. They are just tools to hold/maintain Life, but the quality of Life doesn't change.
"If we only concentrate on the cup, we won't have time to enjoy/taste the water in it." -
I am thirsty. Can somebody bring me some water?
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Any kind of cup will do...
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Can I take the cup home
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Paper cup? No problem...you can take a dozen homeOriginally posted by Kenashi:Can I take the cup home -
coolger , i am thirsty!~!~!
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wah liew... i'm not ur maid leh...Originally posted by laurence82:coolger , i am thirsty!~!~!
now raining le, u thirsty, u go out and open ur mouth big big lor...
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enjoy the journey ........ not the destination
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of course lor... cos our destination will be death mah...Originally posted by InnoHippo:enjoy the journey ........ not the destination
death, how to enjoy wor... -
Originally posted by coolger03:wah liew... i'm not ur maid leh...
now raining le, u thirsty, u go out and open ur mouth big big lor...
coolger boolee me, i go complain... -
I usually go for the paper/plastic cups leh...
scared will break the nice-loogin/expensive ones...
but still very stressed leh...
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i where got boolee u wor...Originally posted by laurence82:
coolger boolee me, i go complain...
trying to help u save money mah.... then u no need to go wala drink kilkenny mah.... -
i think no matter waht kind of cups u go for in singapore, u willl still feel stressed one...Originally posted by kalangkabo:I usually go for the paper/plastic cups leh...
scared will break the nice-loogin/expensive ones...
but still very stressed leh...
it's too competitive here liao.... -
upon death, no need to worry about $$$ issues .......Originally posted by coolger03:of course lor... cos our destination will be death mah...
death, how to enjoy wor...
can be quite relaxing u know -
Damn! I thought we are discussing A Cup, B Cup, C Cup etc...
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About being materialistic. That is what I think when I read the post. But I donÂ’t blame those people who go for the better cups. ArenÂ’t we humans made to strive for better life?Originally posted by coolger03:A simple, meaningful analogy for reflection....
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 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 positioning society are the cups. They are just tools to hold/maintain Life, but the quality of Life doesn't change.
"If we only concentrate on the cup, we won't have time to enjoy/taste the water in it."
ArenÂ’t we suppose to try and get a big house, a big car, a big pay packet and out do each other. Basically we humans are made this way. If we didnÂ’t have the instinct to improve ourselves we would be still living in a cave. It is the survival of the fittest. -
are u sure death cannot be a joy??Originally posted by coolger03:of course lor... cos our destination will be death mah...
death, how to enjoy wor...