Carrot, egg or coffee?

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Someone posted this today in one of my groups and I think it was meant just for me. Now I am sending it to you; maybe it is also "just for you". Doris P. S. I am going to make every effort to be coffee.

A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life and howthings were so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to makeit and wanted to give up. She was tired of fighting and struggling. Itseemed as one problem was solved a new one arose. Her mother took her tothe kitchen. She filled three pots with water. In the first, sheplaced carrots, in the second she placed eggs and the last she placedground coffee beans. She let them sit and boil without saying a word. Inabout twenty minutes she turned off the burners. She fished the carrotsout and placed them in a bowl, she pulled the eggs out and placed themin a bowl. Then she ladled the coffee out and placed in a bowl. Turningto her daughter, she asked, "Tell me what do you see?""Carrots, eggs, and coffee," she replied. She brought her closer andasked 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 theshell, she observed the hard-boiled egg. Finally, she asked her to sipthe coffee. The daughter smiled, as she tasted its rich flavor. Hermother explained that each of these objects had faced the sameadversity-boiling water-but each reacted differently.The daughter then asked, "What's the point, mother?"The carrot went in strong, hard and unrelenting. However after beingsubjected to the boiling water, it softened and became weak. The egghad been fragile. Its thin outer shell had protected its liquidinterior. But, after sitting through the boiling water, its insidebecame hardened. The ground coffee beans were unique, however. Afterthey were in the boiling water they had changed the water."Which are you?" she asked her daughter. "When adversity knocks on yourdoor, 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 withpain and adversity, do I wilt and become soft and lose my strength? Am Ithe 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 financialhardship or some other trial, have I become hardened and stiff? Does myshell look the same, but on the inside am I bitter and tough with astiff spirit and a hardened heart? Or am I like the coffee bean? Thebean actually changes the hot water, the very circumstance that bringsthe pain. When the water gets hot, it releases the fragrance and flavor.If you are the bean, when things are at their worst, you get better andchange the situation around you.When the hours are the darkest and trials are their greatest do youelevate to another level? How do you handle adversity? Are you acarrot, an egg, or a coffee bean?Don't tell God how big your storm is... tell the storm how big your Godis!

[Guest guest]

thanks doris f. all of us here are the coffee!!! just look how far we have all come!!!!

hugs

Carol

Carrot, egg or coffee?

Someone posted this today in one of my groups and I think it was meant just for me. Now I am sending it to you; maybe it is also "just for you". Doris P. S. I am going to make every effort to be coffee.

A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life and howthings were so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to makeit and wanted to give up. She was tired of fighting and struggling. Itseemed as one problem was solved a new one arose. Her mother took her tothe kitchen. She filled three pots with water. In the first, sheplaced carrots, in the second she placed eggs and the last she placedground coffee beans. She let them sit and boil without saying a word. Inabout twenty minutes she turned off the burners. She fished the carrotsout and placed them in a bowl, she pulled the eggs out and placed themin a bowl. Then she ladled the coffee out and placed in a bowl. Turningto her daughter, she asked, "Tell me what do you see?""Carrots, eggs, and coffee," she replied. She brought her closer andasked 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 theshell, she observed the hard-boiled egg. Finally, she asked her to sipthe coffee. The daughter smiled, as she tasted its rich flavor. Hermother explained that each of these objects had faced the sameadversity-boiling water-but each reacted differently.The daughter then asked, "What's the point, mother?"The carrot went in strong, hard and unrelenting. However after beingsubjected to the boiling water, it softened and became weak. The egghad been fragile. Its thin outer shell had protected its liquidinterior. But, after sitting through the boiling water, its insidebecame hardened. The ground coffee beans were unique, however. Afterthey were in the boiling water they had changed the water."Which are you?" she asked her daughter. "When adversity knocks on yourdoor, 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 withpain and adversity, do I wilt and become soft and lose my strength? Am Ithe 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 financialhardship or some other trial, have I become hardened and stiff? Does myshell look the same, but on the inside am I bitter and tough with astiff spirit and a hardened heart? Or am I like the coffee bean? Thebean actually changes the hot water, the very circumstance that bringsthe pain. When the water gets hot, it releases the fragrance and flavor.If you are the bean, when things are at their worst, you get better andchange the situation around you.When the hours are the darkest and trials are their greatest do youelevate to another level? How do you handle adversity? Are you acarrot, an egg, or a coffee bean?Don't tell God how big your storm is... tell the storm how big your Godis!

[Guest guest]

thanks doris f. all of us here are the coffee!!! just look how far we have all come!!!!

hugs

Carol

Carrot, egg or coffee?

Someone posted this today in one of my groups and I think it was meant just for me. Now I am sending it to you; maybe it is also "just for you". Doris P. S. I am going to make every effort to be coffee.

A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life and howthings were so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to makeit and wanted to give up. She was tired of fighting and struggling. Itseemed as one problem was solved a new one arose. Her mother took her tothe kitchen. She filled three pots with water. In the first, sheplaced carrots, in the second she placed eggs and the last she placedground coffee beans. She let them sit and boil without saying a word. Inabout twenty minutes she turned off the burners. She fished the carrotsout and placed them in a bowl, she pulled the eggs out and placed themin a bowl. Then she ladled the coffee out and placed in a bowl. Turningto her daughter, she asked, "Tell me what do you see?""Carrots, eggs, and coffee," she replied. She brought her closer andasked 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 theshell, she observed the hard-boiled egg. Finally, she asked her to sipthe coffee. The daughter smiled, as she tasted its rich flavor. Hermother explained that each of these objects had faced the sameadversity-boiling water-but each reacted differently.The daughter then asked, "What's the point, mother?"The carrot went in strong, hard and unrelenting. However after beingsubjected to the boiling water, it softened and became weak. The egghad been fragile. Its thin outer shell had protected its liquidinterior. But, after sitting through the boiling water, its insidebecame hardened. The ground coffee beans were unique, however. Afterthey were in the boiling water they had changed the water."Which are you?" she asked her daughter. "When adversity knocks on yourdoor, 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 withpain and adversity, do I wilt and become soft and lose my strength? Am Ithe 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 financialhardship or some other trial, have I become hardened and stiff? Does myshell look the same, but on the inside am I bitter and tough with astiff spirit and a hardened heart? Or am I like the coffee bean? Thebean actually changes the hot water, the very circumstance that bringsthe pain. When the water gets hot, it releases the fragrance and flavor.If you are the bean, when things are at their worst, you get better andchange the situation around you.When the hours are the darkest and trials are their greatest do youelevate to another level? How do you handle adversity? Are you acarrot, an egg, or a coffee bean?Don't tell God how big your storm is... tell the storm how big your Godis!

[Guest guest]

thanks doris f. all of us here are the coffee!!! just look how far we have all come!!!!

hugs

Carol

Carrot, egg or coffee?

Someone posted this today in one of my groups and I think it was meant just for me. Now I am sending it to you; maybe it is also "just for you". Doris P. S. I am going to make every effort to be coffee.

A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life and howthings were so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to makeit and wanted to give up. She was tired of fighting and struggling. Itseemed as one problem was solved a new one arose. Her mother took her tothe kitchen. She filled three pots with water. In the first, sheplaced carrots, in the second she placed eggs and the last she placedground coffee beans. She let them sit and boil without saying a word. Inabout twenty minutes she turned off the burners. She fished the carrotsout and placed them in a bowl, she pulled the eggs out and placed themin a bowl. Then she ladled the coffee out and placed in a bowl. Turningto her daughter, she asked, "Tell me what do you see?""Carrots, eggs, and coffee," she replied. She brought her closer andasked 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 theshell, she observed the hard-boiled egg. Finally, she asked her to sipthe coffee. The daughter smiled, as she tasted its rich flavor. Hermother explained that each of these objects had faced the sameadversity-boiling water-but each reacted differently.The daughter then asked, "What's the point, mother?"The carrot went in strong, hard and unrelenting. However after beingsubjected to the boiling water, it softened and became weak. The egghad been fragile. Its thin outer shell had protected its liquidinterior. But, after sitting through the boiling water, its insidebecame hardened. The ground coffee beans were unique, however. Afterthey were in the boiling water they had changed the water."Which are you?" she asked her daughter. "When adversity knocks on yourdoor, 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 withpain and adversity, do I wilt and become soft and lose my strength? Am Ithe 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 financialhardship or some other trial, have I become hardened and stiff? Does myshell look the same, but on the inside am I bitter and tough with astiff spirit and a hardened heart? Or am I like the coffee bean? Thebean actually changes the hot water, the very circumstance that bringsthe pain. When the water gets hot, it releases the fragrance and flavor.If you are the bean, when things are at their worst, you get better andchange the situation around you.When the hours are the darkest and trials are their greatest do youelevate to another level? How do you handle adversity? Are you acarrot, an egg, or a coffee bean?Don't tell God how big your storm is... tell the storm how big your Godis!