A carrot, an egg and a cup of coffee

A carrot, an egg and a cup of coffee!!!!


We all fall into one of these categories ~

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 that
just as one problem was solved, a new one arose to take its place.

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 in side
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 about it: 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 th e 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, 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
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.

May we all be COFFEE.
Have A great day my Friends

Darn it, I thought this would be a great meal >.<

thats a cool story!
i dont know if i wanna be coffee though...
kool aid tastes better, and the powder has the same effect - changin the water!
:koolaid:
im koolaid :] haha
OHH YEAH.

Do you always just cutn paste? Or do you have a real opinion substantiated by fact?

Of course I have real opinions, Theone, I cut and paste them daily! lol...it's just others have expressed them for me more clearly than I ever could, so it's a real time-saver.

That's why I have trouble believing people who say will is all you need. That all you need to do is work hard and live straight and everything will bloom for you. It's a much surer and a more complete road to live in the world that you have as best as you can, using what you can and admitting what you lack. If you can also have happiness regardless of events, then you have begun to understand.