COFFEE CUPS

A group of alumni, highly established in theircareers, got together to visit their old universityprofessor. Conversation soon turned into complaintsabout stress in work and life.Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to thekitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and anassortment of cups * porcelain, plastic, glass,crystal, some plain looking, some expensive, someexquisite - telling them to help themselves to thecoffee. When all the students had a cup of coffee inhand, the professor said:

"If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cupswere taken up, leaving behind the plain and cheapones. While it is normal for you to want only the bestfor yourselves, that is the source of your problemsand stress.

Be assured that the cup itself adds no quality to thecoffee. In most cases it is just more expensive and insome cases even hides what we drink. What all of youreally wanted was coffee, not the cup, but youconsciously went for the best cups... And then youbegan eyeing each other's cups. Now consider this:Life is the coffee; the jobs, money and position insociety are the cups. They are just tools to hold andcontain Life, and the type of cup we have does notdefine, nor change the quality of Life we live.Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we failto enjoy the coffee God has provided us." God brewsthe coffee, not the cups.....Enjoy your coffee!

"Thehappiest people don't have the best of everything.They just make the best of everything.

"Live simply.

Love generously.

Care deeply.

Speak kindly.

Leave the rest to God.

You are the miracle, my friend,Your life either shines a light - or casts a shadow.

網上流傳一些遊戲文章，模擬字形相近的中文字之間的對話，看完令人忍悛不禁：

「晶」對「品」說﹕「你們家難道沒有裝修？」
「夫」對「天」說﹕「我總算盼到了出頭之日！」
「熊」對「能」說：「怎麼著窮成這樣啦？四個熊掌全賣了！」
「丙」對「兩」說：「你家什麼時候多了一個人，結婚了？」
「乒」對「乓」說：「你我都一樣，一等殘廢軍人。」
「兵」對「丘」說：「兄弟，踩上地雷了吧，兩腿咋都沒了？ 」
「王」對「皇」說：「當皇上有什麽好處？你看，頭發都白了！」
「口」對「回」說：「親愛的，都懷孕這麽久了，也不說一聲！」
「也」對「她」說﹕「當老闆了？出門還帶秘書！」
「日」對「旦」說：「你什麼時候學會玩滑板了？」
「果」對「裸」說：「哥們兒，你穿上衣服還不如不穿！」
「由」對「甲」說：「你什麼時候學會倒立了？」
「巾」對「币」說：「戴上博士帽就身價百倍了！」（「币」是「幣」的簡體）
「呂」對「昌」說﹕「和你相比，我實在家徒四壁！」
「扁」對「匾」說：「才敗選一次而已，就搞自閉？」