Carrot, Egg, And Coffee

[Blood_Rose]

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 it's 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?

 

It's easier to build a child than repair an adult. This is so true - may we all be COFFEE

 

Want to meet at Starbucks? ***

 

I would like to share this with you and hope you enjoy it. It brought a smile to my face when I read it.

 

 

Santia

[shadows]

I am only an egg.

 

I hate coffee.

 

//shadows

 

edit: 42nd post.

Edited August 13, 2005 by shadows

[JamesSavik]

I hate coffee, am deathly allergic to eggs and am not at all fond of carrots.

[Blood_Rose]

Um Rob! Haven't a clue where any of those places are, so i will pick Methuen, cause I think it's closest. ~Laughs~ I will have a caramel chocolate cappuccino venti and almond biscotti, Please. I will take care of the tab when I get there.

 

Oh James, I will make you an eggnog cappuccino to cheer you up.(joking)

 

 

Santia

[Masked Monkey]

I'm a carrot who thinks he's an egg, but really, I just drink coffee and laugh at everyone.

 

:king: Snow Dog

[Rocketcnj]

Great Story and Lesson about Life:)

 

BTW...do we have to meet at Starbucks...I LOVE Dunkin Donuts Coffee far more.....

 

but hey, if its a group meeting, Starbucks is cool too:)

 

Michael

[peaceofthesouls]

no starbucks there

only tim horton

and i like your posting

[Blood_Rose]

Well Michael, I love Dunkin Donuts too, but they are always screwing up my order. My best freind thought I was b#llsh*iting, until we went together 5 times that week and they got our orders wrong. What so funny was we went to three different ones. Plus the guy at Starbucks is such a sweety and I have only had Tim Horton coffee once, I think it was in North Carolina, not sure. It was some good freaking coffee. That I do remember.

 

 

I Santia am a coffee addict!!!

[Rocketcnj]

Well Michael, I love Dunkin Donuts too, but they are always screwing up my order. My best freind thought I was b#llsh*iting, until we went together 5 times that week and they got our orders wrong. What so funny was we went to three different ones.   Plus the guy at Starbucks is such a sweety and I have only had Tim Horton coffee once, I think it was in North Carolina, not sure. It was some good freaking coffee. That I do remember.

 

 

I Santia am a coffee addict!!!

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Rose...funny you should say that..but I have had the same problems at Dunkin Donuts..there are two near me...a few blocks from each other (there is a Starbucks around the corner where tons of people I know chill)

 

But at Donkun Donuts a few weeks ago there were 2 people, who were together, ahead of me and they had free coupons since they wrote to the headquarters to complain about what you just said...and Lo and behold the guy got so frustrated that he left his friend to wait on line because they screwed up their order again..very badly....when it came to mine, a large coffee, I was given an iced coffee..then a small coffee, then a medium coffee, then finally a large one..and I kept telling the counter guy..no I just want a large coffee...by the time I was done, it was geez...what is up with this..it has happened in other Dunkin Donuts.....I have to watch like a hawk what they are doing....all for coffee..but I do so love their coffee....

 

Starbucks isn't bad..I just am a Donkun Donuts fan...ever notice, you buy their beans and it doesn't taste like their coffee when you get a cup of coffee there? what is up with that?

 

Michael