A GREAT STORY, SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE READ BEFORE, THE MESSAGE IS STILL POWERFUL.
HAVE A GREAT DAY!
LIVE AND SHINE!
>
> This was too good of a life lesson not to pass it on!
>
> 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 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 do 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
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