Post by Rhonda on Jan 24, 2006 21:53:40 GMT -5
Are you a Carrot, an Egg or Coffee Bean?
(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.
In the first pot, she placed carrots, in the second she placed eggs
and 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. She brought her
closer and asked her to feel the carrots. She did and noted that they
got soft. She then asked her to take the egg and break it. After
pulling off the shell, she observed the hard-boiled egg. Finally, she
asked her to
smell and sip the coffee. The daughter smiled, as she smelled and tasted
its rich aroma. The daughter then asked, "What's the point, mother?
Her mother explained that each of these objects had faced the same
adversity- boiling water-but 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 trials and adversity
knock 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 passive heart, but changes with the
heat? Did I have a fluid spirit, but after a death, 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 a 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 flavour.
If you are like the bean, when things are at their worst, you become
better and change the situation around you.
When the hours are the darkest and trials are their greatest do you
elevate to another level?
How do you handle adversity? Like the CARROT, the EGG, OR the COFFEE
BEANS?
(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.
In the first pot, she placed carrots, in the second she placed eggs
and 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. She brought her
closer and asked her to feel the carrots. She did and noted that they
got soft. She then asked her to take the egg and break it. After
pulling off the shell, she observed the hard-boiled egg. Finally, she
asked her to
smell and sip the coffee. The daughter smiled, as she smelled and tasted
its rich aroma. The daughter then asked, "What's the point, mother?
Her mother explained that each of these objects had faced the same
adversity- boiling water-but 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 trials and adversity
knock 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 passive heart, but changes with the
heat? Did I have a fluid spirit, but after a death, 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 a 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 flavour.
If you are like the bean, when things are at their worst, you become
better and change the situation around you.
When the hours are the darkest and trials are their greatest do you
elevate to another level?
How do you handle adversity? Like the CARROT, the EGG, OR the COFFEE
BEANS?