A very appropriate parable for Dietitians & everyone actually: A carrot, an egg, and a cup of coffee

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> 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 gas . 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

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?

>

> 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 (I JUST DID), to those whose friendships you appreciate.

>

> May we all be COFFEE!!!!!!

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Sent: Mon 3/10/2008 11:43 PM

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Subject: A very appropriate " parable " for Dietitians & everyone

actually: A carrot, an egg, and a cup of 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 gas . 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

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?

>

> 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 (I JUST DID), to those whose friendships you appreciate.

>

> May we all be COFFEE!!!!!!

_____

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