HYPOCRITES.

I read this on one of my friend's friend's page. I absolutely abhor stories like this plus I'm in a bad mood so yes, this is just my point of view...

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 the coffee.


When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said: "If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups have been 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.


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. Savor the coffee, not the cups! The happiest people don't have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything. Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly.



The rule is simple to understand. But to practice the rule is difficult, for greed is human's greatest weakness. A bottomless pit, greed intensifies with our achievements. Only the truly wise can escape from it. Many understand that grades should not be a measure of their self-worth but are disappointed when they don't get good grades. I hate to admit it but I am one of them. There's an inner fear that you don't measure up. Grades don't matter beyond getting our first job, so why should we care so much? Human can be so irrational!


I think this is... utter bullshit. Although I do agree on some point but to me, people who say things like that are really some motherf**kinghypocrites. Yes, it's right that grades don't matter beyond getting our first job because... so let's see.. our first job... road sweeper/toilet cleaner/construction workers/domestic workers?? I don't mean any offence to these occupations, these jobs do play an important role in the society. The only difference they have, is that they don't require INVESTMENT. Education is a form of investment, you invest in yourself for getting a good education and huaaallaaa, the result = higher chance of getting a better paid job. See the difference? You reap what you sow. Alright, maybe there're some happy-go-lucky kid who didn't recieve much education and yet, able to establish their own company and become some rich ass. Yeap, you can wait patiently for your time to come and wait long long... for how often do this happen to everyone?



Many understand that grades should not be a measure of their self-worth but are disappointed when they don't get good grades.

What kind of logic is this?

A good grade doesn't determine your self-worth, it determines how much hard work you put in. If you study hard for it, don't you expect to get good results in return? If you don't attain the results you expected, isn't it human nature to be disappointed?
Or you're going to say, "it's ok, I tried my best. Maybe I'm better at doing something else.(Like what? Sweep the floor?)"??? People are striving for good grades because it's the fastest and most straightforward way to find their self-worth. Sadly, this is life so face it and stop living in self-denial!

Only the truly wise can escape from it.

Another load of crap. The only truly wise ones are the monks, nuns and Gods then. They don't hunger or strive for anything, they just sit, eat, pray, meditate and wait for their time to come. Isn't that nice? I would wish for that too (except for shaving my head bald). if everyone thinks that way, we would still be living in stone/bronze age or whatever. Don't use phones, computers, televisions and all sort of technologies since we created that due to our "greed". These people are such hypocrites because they are satisfied with their 'good life' so they expect other people to be the same as them or they couldn't catch up so they want people to slow down for them. So yeah, please tell those poor starving African kids to be contented with meagre amount of food barely enough to keep them alive. Or they can survive with just eating insects or something as long as it keeps them alive (what matter's is the coffee, isn't it?) So why should we make a big hooha over them??

Those so called 'inspirational' videos played frequently in school introduce those successful people as someone 'extraodinary' and how much 'hard work' they put in despite their lack of talent. This is like some sort of pyschology treatment (similar to certain religion), as long as you keep trying, you will succeed one day. SO WHY DON'T THEY TELL THIS TO GAMBLERS? As long as they keep betting, they will win the jackpot one day, isn't that right? Or maybe drug addicts?? :D:D As long as they keep taking drugs, they will be immune to it one day and kiss their ass goodbye to the world. Moral of story: If you can do it, just do it. If you can't, face it because you just can't. Even if you can after trying zillion of times, HOW MUCH FREAKING TIME HAVE YOU WASTED?

For those people who think we should be contented what we have, they should also realise that it's because we're not contented so things like iphones, macbook are popping out. This should only apply to people like the 'slug' who whines about every single thing. Similarly, why are people making a big fuss over eating dog meat? I don't see people going on strike against eating chickens, ducks, pigs. They may be nice pets if you give them a chance. (LOL) Let the world turn vegetarian, man! Oh wait, vegetables have lives too!! Great... let's all survive on air and water. What if the water is alive too? O.O Omg!! Air???

You want to have a better life, work for it. "Be assured that the cup itself adds no quality to the coffee." Vice versa, the coffee itself adds no quality to the cup. Who are you to deem which is my life? It's normal for humans to have frustrations, I don't see why complaining can be seen as not being contented. If you want to have a contented life, just shut up (be a monk, seek enlightenment) and listen to the ones complaining about having a better life. It varies from people to people. To those 'contented' people, don't you feel stupid when you're enjoying other's fruit of labour while complaining that they shouldn't have invented this in the first place.

Ahhh... I feel so much better letting it out~~



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