Monday, January 28, 2008

These days really have alot of friends very stress over things which happened in life. Sometimes we just need some fresh air and hope for a miracle.

I just came across a story.. which i find that i MUST MUST share with you. =D Afterall, we are still humans who will face problems in life.

here goes =)

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 figuring 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 and soon the pots came to boil. She placed in carrots, eggs and lastly coffee beans into the water. In about twenty minutes her mother turned off the burners and placed the carrot, egg and coffee in 3 bowls.

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 are You?

Are you the carrot that seems strong, but with pain and adversity and become soft and lose your strength?
Are you the egg that starts with a malleable heart, but changes with the heart? Do you have a fluid spirit, but after a death, a breakup, a financial harpship or some other trial, become hardened and stiff? Does your shell look the same, but on the inside is bitter and tough with a stiff spirit and hardened heart?
Or are you 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 flavour. It you are like the bean, when things are at their worst, you get better and change the situation around you.

The happiest of people dont 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 cant go forward in life until you let go of your past failures and heartaches.

As i type this story.. i am reminded of many of my friends.. some to me are the carrots and some are the eggs. Im like the egg myself..

I really can see the change in me for this past two years. If you know me for only a year, you haven seen the better side of me.

Today a close friend of mine asked why everything in her life seems to be going against her. Everything seems to be her fault, history keeps repeating itself.

I have stopped asking why on this topic. I really dun know why everyone seems to have a hard time. I really really dont understand!!

I just know time is really a good medicine.

Although i still dun understand what are we supposed to do.. I hope we all can be the coffee beans ba.

Afterall, life is a gift.
Accept your 80 years on Earth.

My goal : Die with integrity. HAHAHAS. i will work towards that =DD

11:13 PM;;
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