A group of graduates visit their retired university professor and discuss their stressful lives and careers. The professor serves them hot chocolate in various cups, some plain and cheap while others are nice and expensive. He explains that the cup does not change or define the quality of life or hot chocolate, and that people often focus too much on possessing the best things rather than enjoying what they have. His message is that life is the hot chocolate and jobs and status are just tools, and we should live simply and generously and leave the rest to God.