Billie
04-15-2006, 06:35 AM
You'll 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
though just 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 a 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 a
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? 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. If you don't
send it, you will just miss out on the opportunity to brighten someone's
day with this message! It's easier to build a child than to repair an
adult...
This is so true! May we all be coffee drinkers
Hope your Saturday is great and hope that you have a day filled with coffee drinkers!
B
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
though just 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 a 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 a
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? 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. If you don't
send it, you will just miss out on the opportunity to brighten someone's
day with this message! It's easier to build a child than to repair an
adult...
This is so true! May we all be coffee drinkers
Hope your Saturday is great and hope that you have a day filled with coffee drinkers!
B