A daughter complained to her father
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 all the fighting and
struggling. It seemed as though in
solving one problem, two more would
arise.
Her father, ( a chef ) took her to the
kitchen. He filled three pots with water
and placed each on a high fire. Soon
the pots came to a boil.
In one he placed carrots, in the
second he placed eggs and the last he
placed ground coffee beans.
He let them sit and boil without saying
a word. The daughter impatiently
waited, wondering what he was
doing. In about twenty minutes he
turned off the burners.
He fished the carrots out and placed
them in a bowl.
He pulled the eggs out and placed
them a bowl.
Then he ladled the coffee out and
poured it in a cup.
Turning to her he asked. “Darling,
what do you see?” “Carrots, eggs, and
coffee,” she replied. He brought her
closer and asked her to feel the
carrots.
She did and noted that they were soft.
He then asked her to take an egg and
break it. After pulling off the shell, she
observed the hard-boiled egg.
Finally, he asked her to sip the coffee.
She smiled as she tasted its rich
aroma.
She humbly asked. “What does it
mean Father?”
He explained that each of them had
faced the same adversity, boiling
water, but each reacted differently.
The carrots went in strong, hard, and
unrelenting.
But after being subjected to the
boiling water, they 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, the insides became
hardened.
However, the ground coffee beans
were unique. After they were in the
boiling water, they had changed the
water.
“Which are you,” he asked his
daughter.
“When adversity knocks on your door,
how do you respond?
Are you a carrot, an egg, or a coffee
bean?
How about you?
Are you the carrot that seems hard,
but with pain and adversity do you
wilt and become soft and lose your
strength?
Are you the egg,which starts off with a
changeable heart? Were you a fluid
spirit, but after difficult times, have
you become hardened and stiff.
Your shell looks the same, but are
you tough with a stiff spirit and heart?
Or are you like the coffee bean?
The bean changes the hot water, the
thing that is bringing the pain. When
the water reaches it’s peak
temperature, it just tastes better.
If you are like the bean, when things
are at their worst, you get better and
make things better around you
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 all the fighting and
struggling. It seemed as though in
solving one problem, two more would
arise.
Her father, ( a chef ) took her to the
kitchen. He filled three pots with water
and placed each on a high fire. Soon
the pots came to a boil.
In one he placed carrots, in the
second he placed eggs and the last he
placed ground coffee beans.
He let them sit and boil without saying
a word. The daughter impatiently
waited, wondering what he was
doing. In about twenty minutes he
turned off the burners.
He fished the carrots out and placed
them in a bowl.
He pulled the eggs out and placed
them a bowl.
Then he ladled the coffee out and
poured it in a cup.
Turning to her he asked. “Darling,
what do you see?” “Carrots, eggs, and
coffee,” she replied. He brought her
closer and asked her to feel the
carrots.
She did and noted that they were soft.
He then asked her to take an egg and
break it. After pulling off the shell, she
observed the hard-boiled egg.
Finally, he asked her to sip the coffee.
She smiled as she tasted its rich
aroma.
She humbly asked. “What does it
mean Father?”
He explained that each of them had
faced the same adversity, boiling
water, but each reacted differently.
The carrots went in strong, hard, and
unrelenting.
But after being subjected to the
boiling water, they 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, the insides became
hardened.
However, the ground coffee beans
were unique. After they were in the
boiling water, they had changed the
water.
“Which are you,” he asked his
daughter.
“When adversity knocks on your door,
how do you respond?
Are you a carrot, an egg, or a coffee
bean?
How about you?
Are you the carrot that seems hard,
but with pain and adversity do you
wilt and become soft and lose your
strength?
Are you the egg,which starts off with a
changeable heart? Were you a fluid
spirit, but after difficult times, have
you become hardened and stiff.
Your shell looks the same, but are
you tough with a stiff spirit and heart?
Or are you like the coffee bean?
The bean changes the hot water, the
thing that is bringing the pain. When
the water reaches it’s peak
temperature, it just tastes better.
If you are like the bean, when things
are at their worst, you get better and
make things better around you
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