pls spend sometime to read it & circulate to friends. Its about inspiration.

 

BE COFFEE………..

 

Things/thoughts that make you go hmm....

 

A carrot, an egg, and a cup of coffee...Maybe with this 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. You might want to send this

message to those people who mean something to you (I JUST DID); to

those who have touched your life in one way or another; to those who

make you smile when you really need it; to those who make you see

the brighter side of things when you are really down; to those whose

friendship you appreciate; to those who are so meaningful in your

life.

 

It's easier to build a child than repair an adult.

This is so true - may we all be COFFEE

 

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