Carrot,Egg and Coffee...(You will never look at a cup of coffee the same way again...)
A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life and how things were so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to make it and wanted to give up. She was tired of fighting and struggling. It seemed as one problem was solved, a new one arose.
Her mother took her to the kitchen. She filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire. Soon the pots came to boil. In the first she placed carrots, in the second she placed eggs, and in the last she placed ground coffee beans.She let them sit and boil, without saying a word.
In about 20 minutes she turned off the burners. She removed the carrots and placed them in a bowl. She pulled the eggs out and placed them in a bowl. Then she ladled the coffee out and placed it in a bowl. turning to her daughter, she asked, "Tell me what>see"
"Carrots, eggs and coffee,"she relied.
Her mother brought her closer and asked her feel the corrots. She did and noted that they were soft. The mother then asked her daughter to take the egg and break it. After pulling off the shell, she obsrved the hard boiled egg.
Finally, the mother asked the daughter to sip the coffee. The daughter smiled as she taisted it's rich aroma. The daughter then asked, "What does it mean, mother?
Her mother explained that each of these objects had the same adversity boiling water. Each reacted differently. The carrot went in strong, hard and unrelenting. However, after being subjected to the boiling water, it sofened and became weak. The egg had been fragile. It's thin outer shell had protected is liquid interior, but afater sitting through the boiling water, its inside beacmme hardened.
The ground coffee beans were unique, however. After they were in the boiling water, they had changed the water.
"Which are you"? she asked her daughter. "When adversity knocks on your door how do you respond?
Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?
Think of this: Which am I? Am I the carrot that seems strong, but with pain and adversity do I wilt and become soft and lose strength?
Am I the egg that starts with the malleable heart, but changes with the heat? Did I have a fluid of spirit, but,after a death, a break up, a financial hardship or some other trial have I become hardened and stiff? Does my shell look the same, but on the inside am I bitter and tough with a stiff spirit and hardened heart?
Or am I like the coffee bean? The bean actually changes the hot water, the very circumstance that brings pain. When the water gets hot, it releases the fragrance and flavor. If you are like the bean, when things are at the worst, you get better and change the situation around you.
When the hour is the darkest and trials are their greatest, do you elevated yourself to another level?
How do you handle adversity? Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?
May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human and enough hope to make you happy.
The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way. The brightest future will always be based on a forgottened past; you can't go forward in life until you let go of your past failures adn heartaches.
When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling.
Live life so at the end you're the one smiling and everyone around you is crying.
You may want to pass this message on to those people who mean something to you.(I JUST DID);to those who have touched your life in one way or another; to those who make you smile when you really need it;to those who make you see the brighter side of things when you are really down; to those whose friendships you appreciate; to those who are so meaningful in your life.
If you choose not to. It is your loss of an opportunity to brighten someone's Day! It's easier to build a child than repair an adult.
This is so true- may we all be COFFEE !!
