RE: Are you a carrot, an egg,or a coffee bean??

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ARE YOU A CARROT, AN EGG, OR A COFFEE BEAN ????

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.

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.

She brought her closer and asked her to feel the carrots. She did and

noted

that they were soft. She then asked her to take an egg and break it.

After

pulling off the shell, she observed the hard-boiled egg. Finally, she

asked

her to sip the coffee.

The daughter smiled, as she tasted its rich aroma. The daughter then

asked.

" What's the point, mother? "

Her mother explained that each of these objects had faced the same

adversity--boiling water--but 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 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

hours

are the darkest and trials are their greatest do you elevate to

another

level?

ARE YOU A CARROT, AN EGG, OR A COFFEE BEAN ????