Grandmother says... Carrots, Eggs, or Coffee; "Which are
you?" A young
woman went to her
grandmother 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
grandmother 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 granddaughter, 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 granddaughter smiled,
as she tasted
its rich aroma. The granddaughter then asked.
"What's the
point,grandmother?" Her grandmother
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
granddaughter. "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 a 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 hours are the
darkest and trials are
their greatest do you elevate
to another level?
Amazing*Panda* · 9 years ago
wow man. that was deep.
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