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wHEN THIS LEAF BLOWS BY MY EAR... I HEAR THE LEAF SAY....
"cAN't YOU jUST TURN OVeR!!~ i dID!!!!"sO rIGhT tHEN AND tHERe i DEcIDED tO tUrN oVeR A nEW lEAF!!!!~wRiTTeN bY
MaRtIE o. DiXoNA carrot, an egg, and a cup of coffee... 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 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?
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 e 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.Music #1.....................................................
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