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Carrot, Egg and Coffee
A carrot, an egg and a cup
of 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 twenty minutes she
turned off the burners. She fished the carrots out 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 do you see?"
"Carrots, eggs, and coffee,"
she replied. Her mother brought her closer and asked
her to feel the carrots. She did and noted that they were soft. The
mother then asked the daughter to take an egg and
break it. After pulling off the shell, she observed the hard boiled egg. Finally, the mother
asked the daughter to sip the coffee. The daughter smiled as she
tasted its rich aroma. The daughter then asked, "What does it mean,
mother?"
Her mother explained that
each of these objects had faced 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 softened and became weak. The egg had
been fragile. Its thin outer shell had protected its liquid interior, but after sitting through
the boiling water, its inside became 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 my
strength?
Am I the egg that starts
with a malleable heart, but changes with the heat? Did I
have a fluid spirit, but after a death, a breakup, 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 the pain. When the water gets hot, it releases
the fragrance and flavor. If you are like the
bean, when things are at their worst, you get better and change the situation around you. When
the hour is the darkest and trials are their greatest, do you elevate
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 forgotten past; you can't go forward
in life until you let go of your past failures and
heartaches.
When you were born, you were
crying and everyone around you was
smiling.
Live your life so at the
end, you're the one who is smiling and everyone around
you is crying.
You might want to send this
message 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
friendship you appreciate; to those who are so
meaningful in your life.
If you don't send it, you
will just miss out on the opportunity to brighten
someone's day with this message!!!
Have a wonderful
day!!
2005 Email from Fely of
Toronto
Published 2/20/05 ALT MSN Group
Web Page: Carrot, Egg and Coffee
of 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 twenty minutes she
turned off the burners. She fished the carrots out 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 do you see?"
"Carrots, eggs, and coffee,"
she replied. Her mother brought her closer and asked
her to feel the carrots. She did and noted that they were soft. The
mother then asked the daughter to take an egg and
break it. After pulling off the shell, she observed the hard boiled egg. Finally, the mother
asked the daughter to sip the coffee. The daughter smiled as she
tasted its rich aroma. The daughter then asked, "What does it mean,
mother?"
Her mother explained that
each of these objects had faced 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 softened and became weak. The egg had
been fragile. Its thin outer shell had protected its liquid interior, but after sitting through
the boiling water, its inside became 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 my
strength?
Am I the egg that starts
with a malleable heart, but changes with the heat? Did I
have a fluid spirit, but after a death, a breakup, 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 the pain. When the water gets hot, it releases
the fragrance and flavor. If you are like the
bean, when things are at their worst, you get better and change the situation around you. When
the hour is the darkest and trials are their greatest, do you elevate
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 forgotten past; you can't go forward
in life until you let go of your past failures and
heartaches.
When you were born, you were
crying and everyone around you was
smiling.
Live your life so at the
end, you're the one who is smiling and everyone around
you is crying.
You might want to send this
message 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
friendship you appreciate; to those who are so
meaningful in your life.
If you don't send it, you
will just miss out on the opportunity to brighten
someone's day with this message!!!
Have a wonderful
day!!
2005 Email from Fely of
Toronto
Published 2/20/05 ALT MSN Group
Web Page: Carrot, Egg and Coffee
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