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CARROT, EGG OR COFFEE?
A carrot, an egg, and ground coffee...
This is a parable that I received from one of my friends and I feel it is so appropriate to share with you all here in Motivating Messages...
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 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 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 flavour. 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 coffee?
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.
You might want to share this message with those people who mean something to you; to those who have touched your life in one way or another; to those who make you smile when you really need it; to those who make you see the brighter side of things when you are really down; to those whose friendship you appreciate; to those who are so meaningful in your life.
This is a parable that I received from one of my friends and I feel it is so appropriate to share with you all here in Motivating Messages...
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 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 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 flavour. 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 coffee?
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.
You might want to share this message with those people who mean something to you; to those who have touched your life in one way or another; to those who make you smile when you really need it; to those who make you see the brighter side of things when you are really down; to those whose friendship you appreciate; to those who are so meaningful in your life.
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Comment by Ellen Phiri on September 8, 2009 at 4:23am - What a wonderful parable Michael....thanks a lot for this inspiring words, i definitely feel @ ma best nw since i read it! @ times when you wake up it's like you a carrying a heavy luggage on your back & thats how i felt this morning & when i got to work i logged on to Motivational Messages then after reading yr parable i really really feel uplifted! I'm definately gonna be the beans.... i'dont drink coffee though, loool!!!!
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Comment by Rugiatu Bangura on July 20, 2009 at 2:40pm - am definately the beans....
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Comment by Rugiatu Bangura on July 20, 2009 at 2:37pm
- thank you very much Michael its really wonderful...it seem like this parable was written for me...because am presently in a tough and hard situation, where my bones and body have gotten weak..but after reading this parable, for some reason it gave me a new hope and a new strength thank you once more..discovering this site is one of the best thing that has happend to me since starting of this month. i really needed all of these beatutiful motivations ( sorry for my bad english i live in a non speaking english country)
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Comment by Sheila Haines on July 14, 2009 at 7:22am - This is a wonderful parable i have copied it out to show to my daughters,thank you for sharing
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Comment by Kelly Langdon on July 2, 2009 at 3:15am
- beautiful analogy. hanks for sharing!
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Comment by Peiying Peng on July 1, 2009 at 11:24am - Thanks. Michael. This is beautiful.
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Comment by Priscilla Parham on July 1, 2009 at 8:32am - Absolutely wonderful, what a fantastic start to my day. My drive into work was simply beautiful and now some words to live by. I don't drink coffee but I will certainly "work" to be more like it. Thanks for the post Michael.
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I am an eternal spiritual being having an abundant and prosperous human experience.
I choose to feel good, attracting into my life the manifestation of my desires.
All doors now open for happy surprises and the Divine Plan of my life is speeded up under grace.
I now attract to me quality, motivated people who make a positive decision to join me in my business endeavor immediately today.
Money is energy and it is here to serve me. Having money allows me to serve others. I attract and magnetize to me all that I require and all that I desire under grace and in a perfect way.
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I am thankful for the wealth and abundance we are able to create together for our mutual good.
I deny debt. There is no debt in divine mind, therefore, I owe no man anything. All obligations are now wiped out under grace and in a miraculous way.
I give and receive love freely and generously as I am blessed with meaningful, lifelong relationships and cherished memories that bring me joy in happy times and strength and peace in difficult times.
I practice gratitude which lifts and inspires me as I recognize and appreciate all that empowers me to find and express true joy.
There is no fear in me. Prosperity is mine. God provides lavishly for me and all of humanity.
I bless my checkbook and each check I write. I give thanks that the money going out is now coming back into my bank account tenfold. I give thanks that my bank account is filling up rapidly with money.
I am thankful for the abundance and prosperity in all aspects of my life as I easily manifest all that I desire.
I love all lessons that I am given and I am grateful for my experiences.
I intend that everything needing to be known is known here today; that all of my words are clear, precise, uplifting, helpful, and fun; that each and everyone of us here is guided, guarded, and protected throughout this entire experience; and that everything we say and do here today serves the highest and best good of the Universe, ourselves, and everyone everywhere. So be it and so it is!
I AM OPEN TO RECEIVING.
I have complete faith that my wealth is coming.
I choose to set aside all fears, doubts and worries.
I am a magnificent being with an abundance of love to give.
I am whole, perfect, strong, powerful, harmonious and happy.
I always maintain a perfectly healthy body and mind.
I now ease myself into a more diverse experience of receiving money.
I now imagine how good it feels to find money in odd and random places.
My job, work, career is a channel thru which money may come but it is not the source.
I am receiving from the universe through many interesting and diverse channels, money that supports my desires.
I let go easily, trusting that nothing leaves my life unless something better is coming.
In an easy and relaxed manner, in a healthy and positive way, in its own perfect time, for the highest good of all, I intend $1,000,000 to come into my life and into the lives of everyone who holds this intention.
I am open to receiving all that is mine by divine right, now flowing my way quickly, under grace and in miraculous ways. I look with wonder at all of my abundance!
I am an eternal spiritual being having an abundant and prosperous human experience.
I choose to feel good, attracting into my life the manifestation of my desires.
All doors now open for happy surprises and the Divine Plan of my life is speeded up under grace.
I now attract to me quality, motivated people who make a positive decision to join me in my business endeavor immediately today.
Money is energy and it is here to serve me. Having money allows me to serve others. I attract and magnetize to me all that I require and all that I desire under grace and in a perfect way.
I only remember how money has ever worked for me.
I am thankful for the wealth and abundance we are able to create together for our mutual good.
I deny debt. There is no debt in divine mind, therefore, I owe no man anything. All obligations are now wiped out under grace and in a miraculous way.
I give and receive love freely and generously as I am blessed with meaningful, lifelong relationships and cherished memories that bring me joy in happy times and strength and peace in difficult times.
I practice gratitude which lifts and inspires me as I recognize and appreciate all that empowers me to find and express true joy.
There is no fear in me. Prosperity is mine. God provides lavishly for me and all of humanity.
I bless my checkbook and each check I write. I give thanks that the money going out is now coming back into my bank account tenfold. I give thanks that my bank account is filling up rapidly with money.
I am thankful for the abundance and prosperity in all aspects of my life as I easily manifest all that I desire.
I love all lessons that I am given and I am grateful for my experiences.
I intend that everything needing to be known is known here today; that all of my words are clear, precise, uplifting, helpful, and fun; that each and everyone of us here is guided, guarded, and protected throughout this entire experience; and that everything we say and do here today serves the highest and best good of the Universe, ourselves, and everyone everywhere. So be it and so it is!
I AM OPEN TO RECEIVING.
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