Once upon a time a daughter complained to her father that her life was miserable and that she didn't know how she was going to make it.She was tired of fighting and struggling all the time. It seemed just as one problem was solved, another one soon followed.Her father, a chef, took her to the kitchen
He filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire.
Once the three pots began to boil,
he placed potatoes in one pot,
eggs in the second pot
and ground coffee beans in the third pot.
He then let them sit and boil, without saying a word to his daughter.The daughter, moaned and impatiently waited, wondering what he was doing. After twenty minutes he turned off the burners.
He took the potatoes out of the pot and placed them in a bowl.He pulled the eggs out and placed them in a bowl.He then ladled the coffee out and placed it in a cup.
Turning to her, he asked. "Daughter, what do you see?"
"Potatoes, eggs, and coffee," she hastily replied. "Look closer", he said, "and touch the potatoes."
She did and noted that they were soft
He then asked her to take an egg and break it.
After pulling off the shell, she observed the hard-boiled egg.Finally, he asked her to sip the coffee.Its rich aroma brought a smile to her face."Father, what does this mean?" she asked
He then explained that the potatoes, the eggs and coffee beans had each faced the same adversity-the boiling water.However, each one reacted differently.The potato went in strong, hard, and unrelenting, but in boiling water, it became soft and weak.
The egg was fragile, with the thin outer shell protecting its liquid interior until it was put in the boiling water. Then the inside of the egg became hard
However, the ground coffee beans were unique.After they were exposed to the boiling water, they changed the water and created something new.
Which one are you," he asked his daughter."When adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond? Are you a potato, an egg, or a coffee bean?"
In life, things happen around us, things happen to us,but the only thing that truly matters is what happens within us.Which one are you? When problems come (and they will) how will we react? Will they make us weak, hard hearted or will they cause us to change into something worthwhile?
Think about it......
QUOTE;-
"What is important is not what happens to us, but how we respond to what happens to us."
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there;s no way to tell how any person will react in a given situation. We visualize adversity, we make plans, we choose who to emulate, and then the shit hits the fan and the core of what we are comes exposed. Some, will run, some will stick around and usher the runners out. While there will be some who will look up at the fan with a smile and say bring it on MOther******...
True, its our circusmtances and upbringing that give us courage to face certain situatioms, but that is courage usually gained from being there before. When faced with the trully unkown, when bearing a catastrophe for the first time, we cannot execute a plan of action. That is when we discover what we are and what to change if neccessary.
I don't out right disagree with what you are saying here, the analogies are well used, but in my experience, when hell breaks loose, we don't really have the luxury of contemplating whether to be an egg or potatoe, we do what makes sense in the midst of senslessness. Survival of teh fittest they say, given time and choice every one would want to be coffee, but if everyone was, there would be no french fries.
I be somebody explained this way;
"I can be good in a bad way, and bad in a good way -- just for the hood's sake, or, let's say for the mood's sake"
I don't believe in "it depends.." or "as I judge" crap, we are super creature of God Almighty, we got a super power i.e. "mood swing". In some cases we be an earwig and in the other we behave like a bull. But, it's not time we depend upon, it's not nature, it's not even quality.
IT'S YOUR WILL!!! YES, THAT'T WHAT IT IS, YOUR WILL. IF YER SO WILLING TO MAKE THINGS LOOK GOOD, SORTA HAPPY-HIPPY, YER GONNA TRY YER HARD BEST TO MAKE THEM, OTHERWISE, YOU KICK OFF!!! YOU YELL, YOU RANT, YOU SCREAM EVEN!!!
DON'T YOU?
superb gal... i like it... b4 i was like potato... for now m like egg... but newayz someday ill b like coffee....
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