Carrot, Egg Or Coffee

Carrot, Egg Or Coffee

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
when 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 interior, but
after sitting through the
boiling water, its inside
became hardened.
However, the ground coffee
beans were unique. 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
like ? the coffee bean?
The coffee bean actually
changes the boiling water
with its rich aroma, when
the water gets hot, coffee
releases its fragrance and
flavor. If you are like the
bean, when things are at
their worst, with your
positive strength you can
change the situation around
you. When the hour is the
darkest and trials are their
greatest do you elevate
yourself to another level

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