Carrots, Eggs And 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.
You might want to send this message
to those people who mean something
to you (I JUST DID); to those who
have touched your life in one way or
another; to those who make you smile
when you really need it; to those
who make you see the brighter side
of things when you are really down;
to those whose friendship you
appreciate; to those who are so
meaningful in your life.
If you don't send it, you will just
miss out on the opportunity to
brighten someone's day with this
message!
May we all be COFFEE!!!!!!!
Author Known To God
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