I just woke up happy and energetic.. and i came across this depressing story that suppose to be inspiring! nad i realized how people really do love to live in a darma world.. well here is the article and its source:
You may 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 though just 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 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 the 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 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 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?
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.
You might want to send this message to those people who mean something to you (I JUST DID); to those who have touched your life in one way or another; to those who make you smile when you really need it; to those who make you see the brighter side of things when you are really down; to those whose friendship you appreciate; to those who are so meaningful in your life.
It’s easier to build a child than to repair an adult…
This is so true – May we all be COFFEE!
As Salam
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my comment was this:
offee will be always coffee.. im a tea drinker 
.. and what a waste of food LOL.. thanks for sharing Praise Allah the Almighty and may Allah Grant s the wisdom and power to live out the short trip so we called life 
and im blogging this .. :
i was like.. what a waste of good food LOL.. did they eat the egg and the carrot guess not! kids hates it.. im guessing they throw it away LOL.. i know they drank the coffee hehehe.. picture this.. millions of desperate house wives gathering up all of their kids.. hence the article imposes this “It’s easier to build a child than to repair an adult…” all of them hot potting a carrot, an egg, and some coffee beans.. waste of energy, waste of good food LOOOOOOOOOOL.. couldnt help it..
any how from the positive side.. very touching story.. to bad its theoretical.. i rather be a human being.. not categorized as food.. Allah all mighty created INSAN us that forgets.. thats why we are called INSAN.. so lets use it.. and i quote “The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past..” DUH! this statement just made your article meaning less heheheh.. but hey we are drama creatures .. WE LOOOOOOVE DRAMA sometimes more than allah.. sometimes!.. watching a TV show while athan is bursting.. we are not perfect i know.. im not too ;D.. there is no other creature enjoys this marvelous gift.. be human.. learn.. acheive.. and forget.. food items mentioned are so narrowed and brought up only to one situation.. life isnt all about hard times.. life about being happy.. life is about learning the easy way or the hard way.. the best thing is you get to choose ;D.. life is about TA’MEER AL KAWN.. life is about worshipping the all mighty “وما خلقت الجن والانس إلا ليعبدون”..
life is a short trip make your best out of it.. enjoy it.. be happy.. worries and sorrows and thinking about how bad you did!!.. wasting your time and your listener’s time.. bitching and whining.. COM’ON.. life is not “sleepless in seattle”.. life is not an indian movie.. its not long and dancing around trees to find happiness.. and then your loved one happens to be your son or your brother.. life is so complex that 6 billion humans can excel.. each and every one on his/her own.. have you ever thought about it this way.. dont be coffee.. startbucks will hate you and you’ll need a lot deodorant to kill the ozzy smell.. and loads and loads of water to hydrate your system after that cup to flush out the caffein and restore your blood pressure.. MUNCH the carrot and remember how great is the all mighty and his creation and how tasty and sugary it can be.. after it was grown in durt.. would eat street tree’s roots!.. see you have a choice.. PEEL or CRACK the egg shell.. dip it in honey or jam.. enjoy the all mighty greatness on how in few seconds a liquid egg.. that a living animal can be generated from it.. just became an item on your favorite dish..
this is what i would tell my kids.. i know they’ll be hell as crazy as i am
Be Good!
