A Carrot, An Egg and a Cup of Coffee

[thelake]

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 flavor. 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 a coffee bean?

I have absolutely no idea which one I am. I think it depends on the thing I'm struggling with. If it's family, I'm a carrot. For work, I'm the egg and as for love I'm still waiting to be the coffee.

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Comments

[awakencordy.livejournal.com]

Awwwww :X:X:XX: this was good.

[thelake.livejournal.com]

when did I post something bad? *snob*

[xo-angel-xox.livejournal.com]

Wow that was... DEEP.

Thanks for posting this. Totally brightened up my night (haha the irony).

[thelake.livejournal.com]

LOL you're welcome ♥

[chicaintcheap.livejournal.com]

Beautiful, and a very interesting perspective. Thank you for posting :)

[thelake.livejournal.com]

glad you enjoyed it ♥

[0summer-night0.livejournal.com]

Lovely story :X And aww but maybe "the one" is coffee, too?And he may be a different kind of coffee and you both try to change the era!Suppose that you are the Turkish coffee and he is a double expresso?I feel like the one for you is somewhere and thinks the same about love! ♥

Okay, this "Turkish and double expresso" example was not smart.It is because of that stupid science fair.Damn jury.I hate them all.The award ceremony is tomorrow and if there will be some kind of "mysterious and unofficial" things I will just jump to the stage and tell about how things work stupid and unfair in TÜBİTAK!Honestly, there are really good projects which deserve to be awarded but when I took a look at the school names, it was like they had accepted projects because of their schools, you know.

And I do not know why I wrote this in here!

[thelake.livejournal.com]

*hugsss* life is not faiiiiiiirr :(