How time flies..it's April again, time for vacation, reunion and as well as a time for self-reflection.

I am not used to getting my thoughts published in the net, that's why I used to write small stuff in my page. Until now, i am still exploring the features of weblog, well, i think that's the main reason. Once i get used to it, a lot of interesting views can be read on and enjoyed by people like you here in my blog..

Something nice to read...A CUP of COFFEE

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.

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 & 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," the daughter replied.
She brought her closer and asked her to feel the carrots.
She did & 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 then asked, "What's the point, 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, lose my strength and have no more confidence?

Am I the egg that starts with a soft and compasionate heart, but changes with the heat?
Did I have a fluid spirit, but after a death, a breakup, a financial 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 betterand change the situation around you.
When the hours are the darkest and trials at their greatest do you elevate to another level by releasing more love, more compassion and have faith that God has, is and will always be with you?

How do you handle Adversity and Heartbreak?

ARE YOU A CARROT, AN EGG, OR A COFFEE BEAN?