A daughter complained to her father about her life and how things were so hard. Did not know how to move forward and wanted to give up. I was tired of fighting. It seemed that when solving a problem arose.
His father, a chef, took her workplace. She filled three pots with water and placed them on high heat. Soon the water of the pots came to boil. In one he placed carrots, in the second he placed eggs, and the last she placed ground coffee beans. Let them boil without saying a word.
The daughter impatiently waited, wondering what he was doing. After twenty minutes she turned off the fire. She fished the carrots out and placed in a bowl. She pulled the eggs out and placed in a bowl. Finally, ladled the coffee out and placed in a bowl.
Turning to her daughter said, "Honey, what do you see?" - "Carrots, eggs and coffee," was his reply. He brought her closer and asked her to feel the carrots. She did and noted that they were soft. Then asked to take an egg and break it. After pulling off the shell, she observed the hard boiled egg. He then asked her to sip the coffee. She smiled as she tasted its rich aroma.
The daughter then asked, "What does this mean, father?" He explained that these objects had faced the same adversity, boiling water, but each reacted differently. The carrot went in strong, hard, but after going through the boiling water and became weak, easy to undo. 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. Coffee beans without were unique however, after sitting through the boiling water, had changed the water.
"Which are you?" Asked his daughter. "When adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond? Are you the carrot that seems strong, but with pain and adversity do I wilt and become soft and lose my strength? Are you an egg that starts with a malleable heart ? Did I have a fluid spirit, but after a death, separation, or a layoff have you become hardened and stiff Your shell looks the same, but are you bitter and tough with a stiff spirit and hardened heart?
Or If you like a coffee bean? Coffee changes the hot water, the element that causes pain. When the water reaches the boiling point of coffee is at its best flavor. If you are like the bean, when things get worse you get better and make things better around you.
And you, what three are you?
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