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Something to share with... and choose which are you.... a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?  

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 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.

 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 were born, you were 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.