Thursday, October 12, 2006
Carrot, Egg or Coffee
If given an option between Carrot, Egg or Coffee, what would you choose to be?
Strange question, isn't it? But the answer can make as much difference as between success & failure.
There was a successful business man who had three sons. Their family had a great name in the town & they were all proud of this fact. The sons lived off their father's name & wealth. Once the man made a huge loss in business & had to sell off his house & other valuables and had to live like a common man. The three sons had a tough time inadjusting to a different lifestyle.
The first son couldn't face the people & started sulking. He rarely moved out of the house. The second son was not willing to give up his old lifestyle & started borrowing money and accumulated huge debt. The third son didn't want to be like his elder brothers & approached father for his advice.
The man called all the sons and filled three pots with water.
In the first pot, he placed carrots.
In the second pot, he placed eggs.
In the third pot, he placed coffee beans.
He then boiled all the three pots for half an hour. Turning to them he asked, "What do you see in pots?"
"Carrots, eggs & coffee", they replied. "Now, feel & smell all the three", asked the man to his sons.
The sons didn't see any message because everything was normal to them. The man then explained,
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 center. But, after sitting through the boiling water, its insides had become hardened.
The ground coffee beans were unique, however. After they were in the boiling water...they had changed the water.
"Which are you?" he asked his sons. "When adversity knocks on yourdoor, how do you respond? Are you a carrot , an egg, or a coffee bean?"
All of us face adversities in our lives. We become either a soft carrot & sulk or become defensive & hard like an egg.
If we are like the coffee bean, when things are at their worst, we get better and change the situation around us instead of letting it change us.
Have a nice day!
Strange question, isn't it? But the answer can make as much difference as between success & failure.
There was a successful business man who had three sons. Their family had a great name in the town & they were all proud of this fact. The sons lived off their father's name & wealth. Once the man made a huge loss in business & had to sell off his house & other valuables and had to live like a common man. The three sons had a tough time inadjusting to a different lifestyle.
The first son couldn't face the people & started sulking. He rarely moved out of the house. The second son was not willing to give up his old lifestyle & started borrowing money and accumulated huge debt. The third son didn't want to be like his elder brothers & approached father for his advice.
The man called all the sons and filled three pots with water.
In the first pot, he placed carrots.
In the second pot, he placed eggs.
In the third pot, he placed coffee beans.
He then boiled all the three pots for half an hour. Turning to them he asked, "What do you see in pots?"
"Carrots, eggs & coffee", they replied. "Now, feel & smell all the three", asked the man to his sons.
The sons didn't see any message because everything was normal to them. The man then explained,
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 center. But, after sitting through the boiling water, its insides had become hardened.
The ground coffee beans were unique, however. After they were in the boiling water...they had changed the water.
"Which are you?" he asked his sons. "When adversity knocks on yourdoor, how do you respond? Are you a carrot , an egg, or a coffee bean?"
All of us face adversities in our lives. We become either a soft carrot & sulk or become defensive & hard like an egg.
If we are like the coffee bean, when things are at their worst, we get better and change the situation around us instead of letting it change us.
Have a nice day!
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How true, it's difficult sometimes though when the darkness of life is so great. And you are just one small light. The darkness could never change the light. It could only attract it.
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