OT: What type of character are YOU?

[Guest guest]

From the Rev. Leo Booth newsletter .. just thought I'd share as I

thought this was a good one

 

Have a great rest of the weekend folks!

 

*Smile*

Chris (list mom - officially taking this weekend off

http://www.alittleolfactory.com

 

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Rev. Leo's Desk

 

Occasionally I receive something at my office that I want to share with

you. Today is such a time. Below is the article I received from Tom

Svalberg:

 

What type of character are YOU?

 

A carrot, an egg, and a cup of coffee. You will 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 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 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 do 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 now soft.

 

The mother then asked the daughter to take an 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, and 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 p;aced 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 then changes with

the heat? Did I have a fluid spirit, but after a death, or a breakup, or

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 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? Count your blessings, not your

problems. "

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

This is AWESOME!!! Thanks so much for sharing......I am printing it as I

write.

 

Karen C. )))))

 

 

 

Christine Ziegler <chrisziggy wrote:

From the Rev. Leo Booth newsletter .. just thought I'd share as I

thought this was a good one

 

Have a great rest of the weekend folks!

 

*Smile*

Chris (list mom - officially taking this weekend off

http://www.alittleolfactory.com

 

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