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[aid] => mick
[title] => CARROTS, EGGS, AND COFFEE
[time] => 2010-05-13 19:34:06
[hometext] => Which are you? Carrots, Eggs, or Coffee?
[bodytext] =>  CARROTS, EGGS, AND COFFEE A carrot, an egg, and a cup of coffee? You'll never again look at coffee meekly. And, Here's the reason why........ A young woman told her mother about her very hard life. She didn't know how she was going to make it with all it's strife! She was so tired of fighting, and struggling It seemed as one problem was solved, a new one arose bumbling.  Her Mother took her into the kitchen and filled three pots with water.......... In the first boiling pot she placed carrots, in the second, eggs, and the last, she placed coffee beans, then sat down without any chatter.  After they had boiled for about 20 minutes she turned off the burners.... Placed the carrots, and eggs in two clusters. Ladling the coffee out and placing it in a cup, she turned to her daughter and asked, "Tell me what you see," Replying, she said, "Carrots, eggs, and coffee all set up." ~~~ The carrots appeared to be soft and limp......... Then she asked her to break the egg removing the shell, it was hard, and crimp. She asked the daughter to sip the coffee Smiling she relished it's rich aroma, and, taste like that of Toffee "What does it mean Mother?" ~~~ Her Mother explained............. Each object faced the same adversity "boiling water" The carrot was strong and hard, but it became soft when subjected to the water, it softened. like blubber ~~~ The egg had been fragile, with outer shell it was protected..... But after being placed in the boiling water it grew hard, and was affected. The coffee beans were unique....... They changed the water's physique ~~~ "Which are you?" When adversity knocks on your door, How do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean, that will soar? ~~~ Are you the carrot that seems strong, but with pain and adversity wilts? Becomes soft and lose your strength like milk spilt? or, are you.......... The egg that starts with a malleable heart, but changes with the heat? Perhaps after a death, a break-up, a financial hardship, or some other trial, were you beat? You're outer shell looks the same, but inside you've become bitter. Your heart has hardened, A defeated quitter? ~~~ I hope you're the coffee bean that actually changed the hot water. The very circumstance that brought on all the pain, be crueler! When the water gets hot, it releases it's fragrance and flavor, If you're the bean, when things are at their worse, you make them better. The beans, when the hour is the darkest, and trials are the greatest Are able to elevate themselves to a higher level, the brightest! ~~~ So, How do you handle adversity? Are you the carrot, the egg or the coffee bean that handles it boldly! ~~~ My thanks to my dear cousins Don and Char Your email was so great I couldn't resist..... The poem is mine  Lovingcritters consue May 13, 2010 ~~~ "When the Japanese mend broken objects, they aggrandize the damage by filling the cracks with gold. They believe that when something's suffered damage, or someone has a history of suffering, it becomes more beautiful" ~Barbara Bloom~ *CoffeeBean smiles* [comments] => 5 [counter] => 347 [topic] => 21 [informant] => lovingcritters [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 24 [ratings] => 5 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => Lifepoems )
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