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Skriven 2004-08-26 20:39:13 av Greg Sears (3:770/245)
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Subject: Carrots, Eggs or Coffee Beans?




To some of the Coffee Beans in my life....thanks.




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 


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 th
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 do 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 w
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 a


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?


Count your blessings, not your problems......  Putting others first makes
relationships last


Cheers,
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