Very touching and v Good thought indeed!! Thanks Jaya!! --- On Thu, 1/29/09, Jaya Satish <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Jaya Satish <[email protected]> Subject: Fw: Carrots, Eggs & Coffee To: "Vani Vidyalaya" <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, January 29, 2009, 3:05 PM > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
