If you find yourself in a funk as I do occasionally it helps to place meaning on things where perhaps there is none.  Is there meaning in a cup of coffee?  No probably not.  Therefore I place a huge significance on a cup when life is feeling empty and devoid of meaning.  It’s hot.  That’s something.  You can feel the warmth in your hands and on your lips.  It’s bitter-sweet.  Those are two of my favorite combinations.  That’s also something.  It smells and tastes good.  I’m pro smell and taste.  What does it mean to drink a cup of coffee?  It means you have two quarters to spend on it.  That’s not much but I’ve seen the day when I didn’t have two quarters.  It means you are alive and experiencing it.  That’s mostly always good.  Coffee is a thinkers drink.  You drink coffee with a pensive look.  You can’t stop yourself from getting that far-away look in your eyes as you sip.  I’m unsure if there is actually real thought going on while performing this function or if it’s a learned response like when an anthropologist gives a monkey a banana for doing some simple task.  I guess it doesn’t really matter.  There are many ways to hold a coffee cup each of which will convey meaning.  You can use the finger hole on the side and be very conventional and conservative.  By utilizing this method you say to the world that you are all about doing things right and proper.  You can hold the cup by cradling it with both hands and disregarding the finger hole.  This method conveys that you are a sensitive person who cares about others and perhaps you’re afraid of holes. Those are the only two methods I can think of right now but you can see how important and meaningful how you hold your cup really is.  There is also great meaning in the kind of coffee you drink but that discussion is best left to psychologists and therapists.  For our purposes we are only considering the pure and simple black cup of joe.  It is my belief that people who drink straight black coffee have the least psychological problems.  Maybe I need to try one of those double Latte half caff mocha something or others.  I bet it would be meaningful.