A group of graduates got together to visit their old university professor.

The conversation soon turned into complaints about stress（压力）in work and life. Before offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and 【小题1】 with a large pot of coffee and a variety of cups— 【小题2】, glass, china, some plain-looking, some expensive-telling them to help themselves to the coffee.

When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said, “Now you have 【小题3】 that all the nice-looking expensive cups was taken up, leaving behind the plain and 【小题4】 ones. It is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves. That is also the cause of your problems and stress.”

“It is certain that the cup itself adds no quality to the coffee. In most cases it is just more expensive and sometimes even hides what we drink.

“What all of you really want was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went for the best cups. And then you began eyeing each others 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 change the quality of life we live. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee. Don’t let the cups drive you... enjoy coffee 【小题5】.”