Jaya,
WONDERFUL!!!! Made my day
Thank you for sharing> Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 12:05:55 -0800> From:
[email protected]> Subject: Fw: Carrots, Eggs & Coffee> To:
[email protected]> > > > > > 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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