Paul was a ceramic coffee cup with four motivational sayings printed on it, one reading:

 

“Teamwork: Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.”

Paul was

Paul was a ceramic coffee cup with four motivational sayings printed on it, one reading:

 

“Perseverance: Barely hanging on and ahead by a mile both mean that you’re in the game.”

Paul was not motivated by the container of his morning coffee, just by the contents.

Paul was a cup of coffee in a Styrofoam container. Always sipped before activating his headset. Just sitting & staring into the creamy morning wakeup.

 

Morning jitters & an uncontrolled body spasm brought teeth down into the white foam.  Indents of the mandibular central incisor, mandibular lateral incisor, and mandibular canine punched through the cup in a cresent shape. The thin holes from the bottom teeth dribbled café down the side of the small cup forming a ring round its base.

 

A stain that would remain on the desk long after Paul left.

Paul was a ceramic coffee cup with four motivational sayings printed on it, one reading:

 

“Determination: Even the tallest mountain is conquered one step at a time.”

Paul was a ceramic coffee cup with four motivational sayings printed on it, one reading:

 

“Confidence: Believe in yourself and you’ll always be on solid ground, no matter where you are.”

Paul was a cup of coffee in a ceramic container — unlike coworkers who used Styrofoam cups as Paul had multiple issues with these white vessels. Paul stared at his cup each morning before activating his headset, a bit of wakeup reading much like the paper.

 

The cup had four motivational sayings printed on it.