> Carrots, Eggs & 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 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.
>
>
>
> May we all be COFFEE!!!!!!!
>
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