Jaya - bohut accha forward tha. thanks for sharing. On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 9:01 AM, Sujil Pingulkar <[email protected]>wrote:
> 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!!!!!!! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VaniV88-89" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/VaniV88-89?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
