A carrot, an egg, and a cup of coffee
I got this from a very close friend of mine. It is worth the time to read it. One thing is for sure, I'm coffee and always will be. Peace to you all. Maria
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?
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?