God’s Coffee （上帝的咖啡）

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.

一群老校友，在事业上都有不错的发展，聚在一起去看望他们的大学老教授。很快谈话就转入了纷纷诉说生活的不如意，工作压力大呀，生活烦恼多呀。

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 the coffee.

教授款待他的学生喝咖啡，他从厨房拿出一大壶咖啡和一大堆杯子，这些杯子各式各样，形态各异，有瓷器的，有玻璃的，有塑料的，有水晶的，有的杯子看起来豪华而高贵，有的则显得普通而简陋 ……老师告诉他们要是渴了，就自己倒了喝吧。

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 normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress. Be assured that the cup itself adds no quality to the coffee. In most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we drink. What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went for the best cups... And then you began eyeing each other’s cups.

等所有的同学手里都端了一杯咖啡时，教授发言了。“你们有没有发现，你们手里的杯子是最好看最别致的杯子，而像这些塑料杯和便宜的没有人选中它。当然，这并不奇怪，谁都希望自己拿着的是一只好看的杯子。但这就是你们烦恼的根源。大家需要的是咖啡，而非杯子，而杯子本身不会改变咖啡的质量，多数情况下杯子只是更贵一点，有时甚至掩盖了我们喝的东西。但我们有意无意地会去选择漂亮的杯子。然后，我们也开始去关注别人手里的杯子。”

"Now consider this: Life is the coffee; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain Life, and the type of cup we have does not define, nor change the quality of Life we live. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee God has provided us."

“这就如我们的生活----如果生活是咖啡的话，那么，工作、金钱、地位这些东西就是杯子，它们只是我们盛起生活之水的工具。其实，杯子的好坏，并不影响生活的质量。如果将心思都花在杯子上，大家就不能享受来自上帝的美味咖啡了”。

God brews the coffee, not the cups........ Enjoy your coffee!

上帝调制的是咖啡，而不是杯子……享受你的咖啡吧！

"The happiest people don’t have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything."

“最快乐的人不是那些拥有最好的，他们只是让所有的事变得最好”。

Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly.

简单地生活，慷慨地去爱，深切地去关怀，亲切地去说话。

Leave the rest to God!

剩下的就交给上帝吧！