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Title: The Carrot, the egg and the Coffee Bean... Post by Little Deb on Jan 21st, 2004, 8:31pm Subject: Carrot, egg or coffee bean? 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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Title: Re: The Carrot, the egg and the Coffee Bean... Post by Woobie on Jan 21st, 2004, 8:38pm 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. tina |
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Title: Re: The Carrot, the egg and the Coffee Bean... Post by BobG on Jan 21st, 2004, 9:11pm My mother is like that. It irritates the hell outa me. Thanks Little Deb |
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Title: Re: The Carrot, the egg and the Coffee Bean... Post by jminmilwaukee on Jan 22nd, 2004, 4:06am My folks would have just told me that all three "will make a turd". Explaoins alot about me...huh? jmin |
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Title: Re: The Carrot, the egg and the Coffee Bean... Post by Turts on Jan 22nd, 2004, 4:43am 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 Turts |
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Title: Re: The Carrot, the egg and the Coffee Bean... Post by cakelady on Jan 22nd, 2004, 6:56am 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. Christine |
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Title: Re: The Carrot, the egg and the Coffee Bean... Post by Jimmy_B on Jan 22nd, 2004, 7:06am on 01/21/04 at 20:38:22, Woobie wrote:
My mother would've said..."shut the %$&* up & guit you're whining. Now let me finish my bottle of Gin, in peace." Jimmy |
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Title: Re: The Carrot, the egg and the Coffee Bean... Post by thomas on Jan 22nd, 2004, 8:49am Thanks Lil Deb....... [smiley=hug.gif] That's just what the doctor ordered...... ;;D |
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Title: Re: The Carrot, the egg and the Coffee Bean... Post by aprilbee on Jan 22nd, 2004, 9:02am 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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Title: Re: The Carrot, the egg and the Coffee Bean... Post by Kevin_M on Jan 22nd, 2004, 9:04am 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. Kevin M |
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