Fw: Potatoes, Eggs, and Coffee Beans

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> Potatoes, Eggs And Coffee Beans

> Once upon a time a daughter complained to her father that her life was

> miserable and that she didn't know how she was going to make it. She was

> tired of fighting and struggling all the time. It seemed just as one

problem

> was solved, another one soon followed. Her father, a chef, took her to

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> kitchen. He filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire.

> Once the three pots began to boil, he placed potatoes in one pot, eggs in

> the second pot, and ground coffee beans in the third pot. He then let them

> sit and boil, without saying a word to his daughter. The daughter, moaned

> and impatiently waited, wondering what he was doing.

> After twenty minutes he turned off the burners. He took the potatoes out

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> the pot and placed them in a bowl. He pulled the eggs out and placed them

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> bowl. He then ladled the coffee out and placed it in a cup.

> Turning to her he asked. " Daughter, what do you see? " She hastily replied,

> " Potatoes, eggs, and coffee, " he hastily replied. " Look closer " , " and

touch

> the potatoes. " She did and noted that they were soft. He then asked her to

> take an egg and break it. After pulling off the shell, she observed the

> hard-boiled egg. Finally, he asked her to sip the coffee. Its rich aroma

> brought a smile to her face.

> " Father, what does this mean? " she asked. He then explained that the

> potatoes, the eggs and coffee beans had each faced the same adversity --

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> boiling water. However, each one reacted differently. The potato went

> in strong, hard, and unrelenting, but in boiling water, it became soft and

> weak. The egg was fragile, with the thin outer shell protecting its liquid

> interior until it was put in the boiling water. Then the inside of the egg

> became hard. However, the ground coffee beans were unique. After they were

> exposed to the boiling water, they changed the water and created something

> new. " Which are you, " he asked his daughter.

> " When adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond? Are you a potato,

> an egg, or a coffee bean?

> " In life, things happen around us, things happen to us, but the only thing

> that truly matters is what happens within us.

> Which one are you?

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