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Little Deb
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The Carrot, the egg and the Coffee Bean...
« on: Jan 21st, 2004, 8:31pm » |
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CARROT, EGG, OR 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 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 got 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 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 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?
How do you handle Adversity? ARE YOU A CARROT, AN EGG, OR A COFFEE BEAN?
Don't tell GOD how big your storm is. Tell the storm how big your GOD
is!
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Re: The Carrot, the egg and the Coffee Bean...
« Reply #1 on: Jan 21st, 2004, 8:38pm » |
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WOW -
now really - WHO thinks this shit up! MY mother never woulda had a lesson like that.
No ones mother is REALLY like that - right? Anyone have a mother like that?
I liked that story.
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Re: The Carrot, the egg and the Coffee Bean...
« Reply #2 on: Jan 21st, 2004, 9:11pm » |
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My mother is like that.
It irritates the hell outa me.
Thanks Little Deb
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Re: The Carrot, the egg and the Coffee Bean...
« Reply #3 on: Jan 22nd, 2004, 4:06am » |
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My folks would have just told me that all three "will make a turd".
Explaoins alot about me...huh?
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Re: The Carrot, the egg and the Coffee Bean...
« Reply #4 on: Jan 22nd, 2004, 4:43am » |
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Thats a pretty shitty meal to cook someone!
But what a metaphor!
Id have to say a coffee bean, under pressure is when im sharpest, or at least not as blunt
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Re: The Carrot, the egg and the Coffee Bean...
« Reply #5 on: Jan 22nd, 2004, 6:56am » |
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What a lesson...
Not only would my mom not have done it...she wouldn't have taken time to get it if I did it. 
thanks so much for the inspiration.
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« Reply #6 on: Jan 22nd, 2004, 7:06am » |
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on Jan 21st, 2004, 8:38pm, Woobie wrote:WOW -
No ones mother is REALLY like that - right? Anyone have a mother like that?
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My mother would've said..."shut the %$&* up & guit you're whining. Now let me finish my bottle of Gin, in peace."
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« Reply #7 on: Jan 22nd, 2004, 8:49am » |
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Thanks Lil Deb.......  That's just what the doctor ordered...... 
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Re: The Carrot, the egg and the Coffee Bean...
« Reply #8 on: Jan 22nd, 2004, 9:02am » |
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That's a neat story, I am going to copy and keep it to read when I feel like things are spinning out of control, I unfortunately think I'm an egg...I also love your quote about telling the storm how big your God is, who is it from?
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Re: The Carrot, the egg and the Coffee Bean...
« Reply #9 on: Jan 22nd, 2004, 9:04am » |
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Ah, yeah, my mother wasn't so articulate. She just said, "Everyone is probably gonna have to swallow a bushel of dirt before they die." In other words, life is partly cloudy, don't think you're any different because you get rained on.
Your story is more insightful. Pretty good Deb.
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