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Carrot Egg Or Coffee Recipe


Carrot Egg Or Coffee Recipe
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This is not a recipe.I found this on net.Think of this: Which am I?

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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. In the first, she placed carrots, in the second she placed eggs and 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.
  • She brought her closer and asked her to feel the carrots. She did and noted that they got soft.She then asked her to take an egg and break it.
  • After pulling off the shell, she observed the hard-boiled egg.
  • Finally, she asked her to sip the coffee. The daughter smiled, as she tasted its rich aroma. The daughter then asked. "What's the point, mother?"
  • Her mother explained that each of these objects had faced the same adversity--boiling water--but 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?"

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  1. Think of this: Which am I?
  2. Am I the carrot that seems strong, but with pain and adversity, do I wilt and become soft and lose my strength?
  3. 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?
  4. Does my shell look the same, but on the inside am I bitter and tough with a stiff spirit and a hardened heart?
  5. 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.
  6. When the hours are the darkest and trials are their greatest do you elevate to another level?
  7. How do you handle Adversity? ARE YOU A CARROT, AN EGG, OR A COFFEE BEAN?
  8. Don't tell GOD how big your storm is. Tell the storm how big your GOD is!

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Oh that was a lovely story!


Very Very nice. Thanks for sharing, dear.


Very nice, thank you! I hope I am coffee!


Wonderful Story.... Thanks my dear Ambus to send me it! ... I hope to be the coffee ! :-)


I hope I can be a coffe till the end...I saved number 8 in the direction in my notes file..Thanks for that good one.


;) Now you know. Great post.


I shall strive all my life to be a coffee bean
Thank you...I like #8 too


That is really beautiful. Will be sharing with friends and family. Thanks for a wonderful contribution to our community! :-)


Really artistic, thanks a lot for sharing! It not only inspires us to have strong faith in God but also makes us realize how diverse can our reactions be to the same situation hence reminding us to respect differences (beans, carrots and eggs of the world) as human beings.


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