{"id":752,"date":"2009-01-13T20:44:28","date_gmt":"2009-01-14T02:44:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/?p=752"},"modified":"2010-05-20T11:38:27","modified_gmt":"2010-05-20T17:38:27","slug":"which-one-are-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/13\/which-one-are-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Which One Are You?"},"content":{"rendered":"

WHICH ONE ARE YOU? <\/strong><\/p>\n

“A young woman went to her mother and told her about
\nher life and how things were so hard for her. She did
\nnot know how she was going to make it and wanted
\nto give up. She was tired of fighting and struggling.<\/p>\n

It seemed as one problem was solved a new one arose.
\nHer mother took her to the kitchen. She filled three pots
\nwith water and placed each on a high fire. Soon the pots
\ncame to a boil. In the first, she placed carrots, in the
\nsecond she placed eggs and the last she placed ground
\ncoffee beans.<\/p>\n

She let them sit and boil, without saying a word.
\nIn about twenty minutes she turned off the burners.
\nShe fished the carrots out and placed them in a bowl.
\nShe pulled the eggs out and placed them in a bowl.
\nThen she ladled the coffee out and placed it in a bowl.<\/p>\n

Turning to her daughter, she asked,
\n“Tell me, what do you see?”<\/p>\n

“Carrots, eggs, and coffee,” she replied.
\nShe brought her closer and asked her to feel the carrots.
\nShe did and noted that they were soft.
\nShe then asked her to take an egg and break it.
\nAfter pulling off the shell, she observed the hard-boiled egg.
\nFinally, she asked her to sip the coffee.
\nThe daughter smiled as she tasted its rich aroma.
\nThe daughter then asked, “What does it mean, mother?”<\/p>\n

Her mother explained that each of these objects had
\nfaced the same adversity -boiling water- but each
\nreacted differently. The carrot went in strong, hard
\nand unrelenting. However after being subjected to
\nthe boiling water, it softened and became weak.<\/p>\n

The egg had been fragile. Its thin outer shell had
\nprotected its liquid interior. But, after sitting through
\nthe boiling water, its inside became hardened!
\nThe ground coffee beans were unique, however.
\nAfter they were in the boiling water they had
\nchanged the water.<\/p>\n

“Which are you?” she asked her daughter.
\n“When adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond?
\nAre you a carrot, an egg, or a coffee bean?”<\/p>\n

Think of this: Which am I? Am I the carrot that seems
\nstrong, but with pain and adversity, do I wilt and
\nbecome soft and lose my strength? Am I the egg that
\nstarts with a malleable heart, but changes with the heat?<\/p>\n

Do I have a fluid spirit, but after death, a breakup,
\na financial hardship, does my shell look the same,
\nbut on the inside am I bitter and tough with a stiff
\nspirit and a hardened heart? Or am I like the coffee
\nbean? The coffee bean actually changes the hot water, the
\nvery circumstance that brings the pain. When the
\nwater gets hot, it releases the fragrance and flavor.<\/p>\n

If you are like the bean, when things are at their worst,
\nyou get better and change the situation around you.
\nWhen the hours are the darkest and trials are their
\ngreatest, do you elevate to another level?
\nHow do you handle adversity?”<\/p>\n

Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?<\/strong> -Author Unknown<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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