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Monday 2 August 2010

Carrots, Egg & Coffee

A carrot, an egg, and a cup of coffee...

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.
After 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 that seems strong, but with pain and adversity, wilt and become soft and lose your strength?
Are you 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, you 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 are you like the coffee bean? The bean 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.

May we all be coffee..............................

9 comments:

  1. What a wonderful and insightful post, Margaret! And very, very true!

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  2. Thanks dee. I think we are both coffee!!

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  3. Great post, Margaret. I'd like to think I'm coffee, because like the saying "bloom where you're planted," I've tried to make the best of adversity and play the role of peacemaker when things got heated. I'm a big believer in counting blessings because no matter how bad things seem at times, the good things always outweigh the bad if you just look a little deeper than the surface stress.

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  4. A lovely post, Margaret. At times I think I can be any of the three, depends on the adversity I'm facing that particular day.
    I'd love to be the coffee.

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  5. I think adversity has showed I can be all three, but ultimately coffee I hope.

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  6. That's pretty good. Thought-provoking. -laura

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  7. Glad it gave you food for thought. Thanks for taking the time to comment

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  8. I love these beautiful little fables with terrific morals. Thank you for sharing it.

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  9. Wonderful! I agree with you: may we all be coffee.

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