Carrots, Eggs, & Coffee!

 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! . Howev er, 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 l! ike 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 yo u r 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.

If you don't send it, you will just miss out on the opportunity to brighten someone's day with this message!

May we all be COFFEE!!!!!!!

 

 

Athugasemdir

[Hólmdís Hjartardóttir, 7.4.2008 kl. 16:51]

pant vera kaffi

[Markús frá Djúpalæk, 7.4.2008 kl. 16:52]

My middle name is Carrot

[Sporðdrekinn, 7.4.2008 kl. 16:53]

Já nákvæmlega. Ég elska sterkt, svart kaffi, ætli það hafi eitthvað að segja?  

[Sporðdrekinn, 7.4.2008 kl. 16:54]

Nei því trúi ég ekki Markús, ég held að það leynist í þér kaffi

[Markús frá Djúpalæk, 7.4.2008 kl. 17:04]

hehe - kannski ein baun einhvers staðar....

[Markús frá Djúpalæk, 7.4.2008 kl. 17:04]

En Sporðdrekastelpa, ég efast ekki um kaffið í þér

[Ein-stök, 7.4.2008 kl. 17:07]

Þessa dagana líður mér svolítið eins og gulrót  En ég held að ég komist yfir það og verði AFTUR kaffi  

[Júdas, 7.4.2008 kl. 22:34]

Svart, sterkt kaffi í uppáhaldi.   Expresso jafnvel.............veit ekki með gulrótina

[Ein-stök, 7.4.2008 kl. 22:41]

Hvernig stendur á því að á meðan aðrir sem hingað koma máta sig við gulrótina, eggin og kaffið.. þá er engu líkara en Júdas lesi okkur eins og matseðil  

[Sporðdrekinn, 8.4.2008 kl. 02:49]

Ó! Markús, þetta kom á besta tíma  Takk!

Mér líst vel á þig Ein, kaffi skal það vera. Júdas er svo mikið ljóða skáld og þar er allt mögulegt

Ég var að spá í einu Júdas og Markús: Hvað ef að maður er gulrót, mýkist upp við erfiðleika, en.... Svo þegar að maður/gulrótin er búin að ná sér verður hún þá ekki stinn aftur?

[Markús frá Djúpalæk, 8.4.2008 kl. 08:15]

Ég ætla að gera vísindalega tilraun á gulrótinni

[Sporðdrekinn, 8.4.2008 kl. 17:01]

Frábært láttu mig vita hvernig fer!