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Grandmother says... Carrots, Eggs, or Coffee; "Which
are you?"
A
young woman Susie went to her grandmother and told her about her life and how
things were so hard for her.
Susie did not know how she was going to make it and wanted to give up.
Susie 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," Susie replied.
She asked her granddaughter to feel the
carrots. Susie did and noted they had gone soft.Grandma then asked Susie to take an
egg and break it.
After peeling the shell, Susie observed the
hard-boiled egg.
Finally, Grandma asked Susie 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 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 malleable. The egg, though easily breakabl, had an outer shell that protected its liquid
interior.
But, after 20 minutes in boiling water, its
inside became hardened.
The ground coffee beans were unique. After being placed in the boiling water they changed the water instead.
"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, the beans release 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 heaviest, do you elevate to another level?
Me, actually I am like a hamster, running aimlessly inside the wheel but that is another story!
---AUTHOR UNKNOWN —
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