Assalam Alaikum:

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 were 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
Societies 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."
So, don't let the cups drive you... enjoy the coffee instead.


Assalam Alaikum:
here is another good one that I got froma brother.

When things in your life seem almost too much to handle,when 24 hours in a day is not enough, remember the mayonnaise jar and 2 cups of coffee.A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, wordlessly, he picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls.He then asked the students if the jar was full? They agreed that it was. The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly.The pebbles rolled into the open areas between the golf balls. He then asked the students again if the jar was full? They agreed it was.The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up everything else. He asked once more if the jar was full? The students responded with a unanimous "Yes." The professor then produced two cups of coffee from under thetable and poured the entire contents into the jar, effectively filling the empty space between the sand.The students laughed.
"Now," said the professor, as the laughter subsided, "I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life. The golf balls are the important things - God, family, children, health, friends, and favorite passions -- things that if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full. The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, house, and car. The sand is everything else -- the small stuff. "If you put the sand into the jar first," he continued, "there is no room for the pebbles or the golf balls. The same goes for life. If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff, you will never have room for the things that are important to you.So... Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness.Play with your children. Take time to get medical checkups. Take your wife out to dinner. Play another 18. There will always be time to clean the house and fix the disposal."Take care of the golf balls first -- the things that really matter.Set your priorities."The rest is just sand." One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the coffee represented.The professor smiled. "I'm glad you asked."It just goes to show you that no matter how full your life may seem, there's always room for a couple of cups of coffee with a friend."What you do today is important because you are exchanging a day of your life for it.Make it a good one.