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<FONT face=Verdana size=3> </FONT><B><FONT face=Verdana size=3>The Carrot, the Egg and the 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 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 break-up, 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 flavour. </FONT><FONT face=Verdana><FONT size=3><FONT color=#9222dd>If you are like the bean, when things are at their worst, you get better
and change the situation around you.
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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.
</FONT></FONT><FONT face=Verdana><FONT size=3><FONT color=#2248dd>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.
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</FONT></FONT><FONT face=Verdana><FONT size=3><FONT color=#ff0000>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.
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It's easier to build a child than repair an adult.
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