Are you a carrot, an egg, or a coffee bean?

[bluechocolate]

Someone just sent this to me & somehow I thought it was appropriate for this place:

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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 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 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.

[Lonestar]

I'd say I'm a carrot. How ya doing, blue?

[blind_otter]

good story.

 

i am an egg i think. I would rather be coffee-ish.

[Beth]

I'm a cracked egg in a coffe-pot!

[bluechocolate]

Originally posted by Lonestar

How ya doing, blue?

Been better, been worse - thanks (what a wussy answer!). Sorry to read about your crazy ex .

from Beth

I'm a cracked egg in a coffe-pot!

[WHATINTHE...]

I am the coffee. No matter how bad things get, Im always there doing something to make it better.

[EC]

I'm a human lol but I would like to think I am the coffee beans but then again I have egg tendencies.

[HotCaliGirl]

What a great story....maybe I am a carrot omlet? Sometimes I weaken and sometimes I gain strength when the water gets hot...but in an extreme way either way, so my carrot side is very soft and soggy and the eggs are stiff and very hard... I think I need a sip of coffee to neutralize myself.

[tiki]

I'm the hot, boiling water.

[Podna]

Originally posted by tiki

I'm the hot, boiling water.

 

 

[laRubiaBonita]

i would DO a carrot!

 

 

i am the stove burner~ i am what makes people HOT!

[tiki]

Originally posted by laRubiaBonita

i would DO a carrot!

 

 

Weirdo.

[Lonestar]

Originally posted by bluechocolate

Been better, been worse - thanks (what a wussy answer!). Sorry to read about your crazy ex .

 

 

You're never a wuss, blue. Which crazy ex ya talking about. The piece of crap ex-H who I gave a second shot to (totally not deserving of that in the first place) where everything fell apart as fast as it came together b/c he hadn't changed a bit?

 

Or the guy I was dating for three weeks who worshipped me incessantly and then got so drunk on the 3rd date that he fell on his ass and I had to drive him home?

 

I think I should stay single for awhile.

 

Your little blue face coin is gone. That bugs me.

[shamen]

Originally posted by bluechocolate

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?

 

I've been each at different times, but currently I am a coffee bean.

[tokyo]

That´s a sweet story

[moimeme]

After having been dunked in boiling water a whole bunch of times, I got soft for a while, but if you leave the soggy carrot on a table to dry out, it gets back its firmness and is no longer fresh and naive.

[bluechocolate]

Originally posted by Lonestar

You're never a wuss, blue.

Which crazy ex ya talking about. The piece of crap ex-H who I gave a second shot to (totally not deserving of that in the first place) where everything fell apart as fast as it came together b/c he hadn't changed a bit?

Or the guy I was dating for three weeks who worshipped me incessantly and then got so drunk on the 3rd date that he fell on his ass and I had to drive him home

3 dates / 3 weeks does not an ex make. I was talking 'bout the piece of crap - hey at least you tried so kudos to you.

Your little blue face coin is gone. That bugs me.

He'll be back.

from Shamen

I've been each at different times, but currently I am a coffee bean.

I've never been the carrot, far too stubborn me!

from Beth

I'm a cracked egg in a coffe-pot!

Me too, I 'reckon.

from Moimeme

but if you leave the soggy carrot on a table to dry out, it gets back its firmness and is no longer fresh and naive.

or ends up in the compost, which is actually not a bad fate either.

[moimeme]

or ends up in the compost, which is actually not a bad fate either

 

[jellybean]

Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?

 

I used to be a carrot, then evolved into an egg, now on my way to being a coffee bean.

 

I really like this part :

Originally posted by bluechocolate

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.

 

This my new favorite motto to live by.