Saturday, September 06, 2008 ; 9:25 PM {♥}
"Live your life like a coffee bean"
heard this story from somewhere. forgotten. interesting [:
there was this girl, who had some kind of problem that she was facing during a particular phase of her life. she told her mother about it. and this is what the mother did.
the mother took a carrot, an egg and a handful of coffee beans. she threw them into boiling water.
a few minutes later, she scooped them up. she first told the young girl to touch the carrots and asked how the carrots felt. the young girl said, "mummy, they are soft."
next, the mother broke the egg and asked the girl so see what had happened to the egg. because it was boiled for a few minutes, the egg became hard.
lastly, the mother scooped up the coffee beans that had been in the boiling water and the girl realised that the beans had formed a strong, fragrant aroma.
so, you might think, what has this got to do with life? of course it does.
well, the boiling water is just an illustration of the problems and difficulties in our lives. things that might hurt us, or make us lose ourselves.
however, do we solve and face the problems with the characteristics of:
1) the carrot - so strong and firm, but yet, when faced with pain and affliction, becomes soft and loses strength?
OR
2) the egg - starting with a malleable heart and fluid spirit, but when coming across uncertainties and situations that make us lose heart, do we become hardened? not being able to accept many things that we might face in the future, shutting ourselves out from the world?
OR
3) the coffee beans - the beans that changes the boiling water? the very situations that bring it pain, yet still able to release its aroma, fragrance and flavour in the most adverse situations?
well, if you are like bean, then when things dont go your way or are not too good for you, be the one to stand out and change the situation around you.the situation wont change if you just sit there and whine about it. STAND UP TO RELEASE YOUR HURTS AND CHANGE THE SITUATION! [[[:
"When the hour is at its DARKEST,
you elevate yourself POSITIVELY to a whole new level."
"GO FORTH AND LIVE LIFE LIKE A COFFEE BEAN!"
Blogged With Love, Yours Truly {♥}
