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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 and placed each on a high fire. Soon the pots came to a boil. 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 were 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 asked, "What does it mean, 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?"
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 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?
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I would have to be the egg. x.X Its like experience gets through and makes me stronger I suppose sometimes its for the worst sometimes it isnt. My goal to be happy all the time drove me insane. So yes, Im back to my old sulky self, how nice. Yesterday, today and tomorrow are the AP Review Sessions wit our history teacher. I like her better after school.. yesterday she spent like 20$+ for pizza to eat during the review since the review was like 3 hours long. Its fun, we just... talk haha. Today was the "Upcoming 9th Grade Pre-IB Visiting Day." All those ppl came in 1st block it was crazy.. our bio teacher said we were "energetic" and we all started laffin. We were takin a test that block, I failed it, as always, and this time I blame it on all the 8th graders that came coz they broke my concentration if I had any to begin with. There were like 3 people from greenbrier that I recognized. I didnt see Patrick.. either that or he was the one that uh looked like himself but I had too bad of a memory to remember what he looked like. lmao. Sadness. Anywhoo.. Ill blog in another month or so. =3 haha bleh Ill blog whenever I get time to.. err ok when I feel like it.
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