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I was toying with the idea of changing the
name of my blog, for quite sometime now.
"A girl and her Incredible life" was too mainstream. I changed it to "Randomly penned" but still my mind wasn't satisfied.
Then I remembered a story I read on Facebook about how one should be coffee beans as it teaches us to turn adverse situations in favor of us.
Truly inspiring and as for the name.. I fell for "Coffee beans"; inspiring, aromatic, dynamic and delicious- perfect for my blog. *winks*
"A girl and her Incredible life" was too mainstream. I changed it to "Randomly penned" but still my mind wasn't satisfied.
Then I remembered a story I read on Facebook about how one should be coffee beans as it teaches us to turn adverse situations in favor of us.
Truly inspiring and as for the name.. I fell for "Coffee beans"; inspiring, aromatic, dynamic and delicious- perfect for my blog. *winks*
Below is the story that gave me the cue:
"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.
"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. In the first, she placed
carrots, in the second she placed eggs and 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 you see?"
"Carrots,
eggs, and coffee," she replied.
She brought her
closer and asked her to feel the carrots. She did and noted that they were
soft. She then asked her to take an egg and break it. After pulling off the
shell, she observed the hard-boiled egg. Finally, she asked her 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—but 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 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 changes with the heat? Did I have a fluid
spirit, but after death, a breakup, 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 a 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 to another lever?
How
do you handle Adversity? Are you a Carrot, an egg, or a coffee bean? "
