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FW: A Carrot, an egg, and a cup of coffee
I'm trying to be a cup of coffee.
> > A Carrot, An Egg and a Cup of Coffee
> > This was too good of a life lesson not to pass on!
> > 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 do 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 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!
>PEACE!
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