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Carrort, Egg, or Coffee
« on: Nov 20th, 2006, 12:33pm » |
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The Carrot, Egg or Coffee, Great Life Lesson
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 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 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 where born, you where 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 share this message with those people who mean something to you (I JUST DID); 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.
May we all be COFFEE
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Re: Carrort, Egg, or Coffee
« Reply #1 on: Nov 20th, 2006, 1:38pm » |
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I would love to say I'm coffee, but I think I'm an egg... neat story, I'm going to remember it! Thanks for sharing 
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Re: Carrort, Egg, or Coffee
« Reply #2 on: Nov 20th, 2006, 4:07pm » |
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Wow really awesome story that I"m about to pass on...
thanks so much for sharing it
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Re: Carrort, Egg, or Coffee
« Reply #3 on: Nov 20th, 2006, 10:40pm » |
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I will hope to be coffee.
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Re: Carrort, Egg, or Coffee
« Reply #4 on: Nov 21st, 2006, 1:36am » |
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Neat story, Parable even.
I'm definately coffee after i've had me carrots & egg.
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Re: Carrort, Egg, or Coffee
« Reply #5 on: Nov 21st, 2006, 6:38am » |
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This is great! Thanks, Tia!
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Re: Carrort, Egg, or Coffee
« Reply #6 on: Nov 21st, 2006, 6:47am » |
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im a brown egg....
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Re: Carrort, Egg, or Coffee
« Reply #7 on: Nov 21st, 2006, 6:56am » |
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I think I'm coffee with an egg thrown in....
This is really neat -- I'm on the way to sending it out.....
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Re: Carrort, Egg, or Coffee
« Reply #8 on: Nov 21st, 2006, 8:00am » |
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Think at the mo i am a carrot with some potatoes thrown in too and i just know that there is some 1 just around the corner with a masher.
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Re: Carrort, Egg, or Coffee
« Reply #9 on: Nov 21st, 2006, 8:12am » |
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I'm a carrot. But I hang out with eggs and coffee.
Just joking. I really hang out with other carrots.
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« Reply #10 on: Nov 21st, 2006, 8:59am » |
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I'm the pot. No matter what is cooked, there's still one more damned thing to wash.
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Re: Carrort, Egg, or Coffee
« Reply #11 on: Nov 21st, 2006, 10:20am » |
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I think my egg is cooked in Coffee. I change what is around me (At least what I can) but I end up getting harder and harder.
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