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Carrots, Eggs, & Coffee beans - a parable
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 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 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, mom?’
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, how ever. 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 a 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 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?
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[Blog #178] --- Neutral --- [Sunday] - Completion Rewarded With Rice
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Summer Accomplishments:
- Completed Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath Of Cortex - 106% special completion
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I'm quite pleased with myself today.
And the reason being is indeed, that which is highlighted red in the Summer Accomplishments section.
On the whole, I didn't think I could manage to get EVERYTHING. I thought I'd slide by with one or two gems and relics missing.
I especially thought I was going to have relics missing when I didn't even scrape a sapphire on that bastard Gold Rush country and western level.
I certainly didn't think I'd collect all the gems when I was blundering around in the Force Of Nature level wondering where the fuck they'd hidden the last clear gem. I eventually found it, floating above some Nitro crates - but I was in two minds of how to get it.
The answer was indeed, fairly simple - all one had to do was jump over them, and the gem was easily nabbed.
Once again, Dixie was making a very unneeded faff.
Oddly, the completion of Crash Bandicoot: TWoC - it took up the entire sodding day.
Well, from 10AM until 7PM - with the occasional break to go and munch.
For my tea today, I asked nana if she could make egg fried rice.
I'd had a craving for it ever since eating the last packet the other day - then proceeding to see some gadge making it on Come Dine With Me.
Nana did make it for me though - and she made shitloads too.
It was pretty good too. A lot more scrambled eggs than what you'd normally get in the microwave packets.
After I'd eaten it, I sat and watched this random BBC programme on the Watch channel - the top 50 party anthems, or something to that effect.
I was much amused by the big black singer - this random woman with a fucking GIGANTIC mouth. On top of that, she pulled the fucking weirdest faces while she was singing - her eyes popped out, her teeth popped out, her lips popped out - she looked like one of those stress balls with the extending faces.
Nana and I were pissing ourselves. :)
Dixie currently feels:
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Blog #178
Completion Rewarded With Rice
Completion Rewarded With Rice
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Summer Accomplishments:
- Completed Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath Of Cortex - 106% special completion
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I'm quite pleased with myself today.
And the reason being is indeed, that which is highlighted red in the Summer Accomplishments section.
On the whole, I didn't think I could manage to get EVERYTHING. I thought I'd slide by with one or two gems and relics missing.
I especially thought I was going to have relics missing when I didn't even scrape a sapphire on that bastard Gold Rush country and western level.
I certainly didn't think I'd collect all the gems when I was blundering around in the Force Of Nature level wondering where the fuck they'd hidden the last clear gem. I eventually found it, floating above some Nitro crates - but I was in two minds of how to get it.
The answer was indeed, fairly simple - all one had to do was jump over them, and the gem was easily nabbed.
Once again, Dixie was making a very unneeded faff.
Oddly, the completion of Crash Bandicoot: TWoC - it took up the entire sodding day.
Well, from 10AM until 7PM - with the occasional break to go and munch.
For my tea today, I asked nana if she could make egg fried rice.
I'd had a craving for it ever since eating the last packet the other day - then proceeding to see some gadge making it on Come Dine With Me.
Nana did make it for me though - and she made shitloads too.
It was pretty good too. A lot more scrambled eggs than what you'd normally get in the microwave packets.
After I'd eaten it, I sat and watched this random BBC programme on the Watch channel - the top 50 party anthems, or something to that effect.
I was much amused by the big black singer - this random woman with a fucking GIGANTIC mouth. On top of that, she pulled the fucking weirdest faces while she was singing - her eyes popped out, her teeth popped out, her lips popped out - she looked like one of those stress balls with the extending faces.
Nana and I were pissing ourselves. :)
What did the Easter egg say to the boiling water?
"It's gonna take a while to get me hard. I just got laid by a chick."
Happy Bunny Day, peeps!
Btw--I get why eggs are attached to Easter...fertility and all. Resurrection of Jesus=life, and so are eggs. But what the hell do bunnies have to do with the resurrection of Jesus? I'm not Christian, so maybe this has something to do with something of which I don't know. Anyone wanna fill me in?
Easter
This Sunday we will be having the big Easter Egg hunt. The grandkids just love coming and hunting. Every year we have a super egg which has junk candy and a $20.00 bill in it. It's so funny watching them hunt for the eggs.
My oldest grandson asked me, the if I was going to fix kid food at the the big feast!. The big feast I said and laughed. And I proceed to tell him there will be mac and cheese with ham and devil eggs. He seems to be ok with that.
When we were children we never had Easter Egg hunts. We would go to church and come home and have a nice dinner. We would get color real eggs and a basket with fruit and homemad candy and maybe a chocolate bunny if our parents had the money for it. There were nine of us children so even though we had enough on somethings our parents didn't splurge on unnessary things. And that was ok. We didn't know any different.
So I try to give my childern memories of family and being together and playing together. Little Sloane is four years old and she will really be in the swing of hunting for the super egg. And now that I have my new camera I will capture some of it and share it with you.
We do not forget the true meaning of Easter and we tell the children the story of Jesus and they have lots of questions for us. Even though we have a fun Easter we celebrate that Jesus rose from the dead and took our sins with him. Easter is a time to reflect on how we should act and treat the people around us weather it be family, friend or a stranger on the street. Jesus forgave us and we should forgive the things that people do or have done to us. Only hanging on to old wounds keeps us in the past and keeps us from going forward. Once we forgive we can put it where it belongs. In the past and get on with our life and the new adventures we will be having.
So I wish all of you A beautiful Easter Day So you may enjoy the day with your family and friends. Don't forget about the stranger that may be alone on this day.
Smile and wish him or her well.
Love and kindness to all of you.
This Sunday we will be having the big Easter Egg hunt. The grandkids just love coming and hunting. Every year we have a super egg which has junk candy and a $20.00 bill in it. It's so funny watching them hunt for the eggs.
My oldest grandson asked me, the if I was going to fix kid food at the the big feast!. The big feast I said and laughed. And I proceed to tell him there will be mac and cheese with ham and devil eggs. He seems to be ok with that.
When we were children we never had Easter Egg hunts. We would go to church and come home and have a nice dinner. We would get color real eggs and a basket with fruit and homemad candy and maybe a chocolate bunny if our parents had the money for it. There were nine of us children so even though we had enough on somethings our parents didn't splurge on unnessary things. And that was ok. We didn't know any different.
So I try to give my childern memories of family and being together and playing together. Little Sloane is four years old and she will really be in the swing of hunting for the super egg. And now that I have my new camera I will capture some of it and share it with you.
We do not forget the true meaning of Easter and we tell the children the story of Jesus and they have lots of questions for us. Even though we have a fun Easter we celebrate that Jesus rose from the dead and took our sins with him. Easter is a time to reflect on how we should act and treat the people around us weather it be family, friend or a stranger on the street. Jesus forgave us and we should forgive the things that people do or have done to us. Only hanging on to old wounds keeps us in the past and keeps us from going forward. Once we forgive we can put it where it belongs. In the past and get on with our life and the new adventures we will be having.
So I wish all of you A beautiful Easter Day So you may enjoy the day with your family and friends. Don't forget about the stranger that may be alone on this day.
Smile and wish him or her well.
Love and kindness to all of you.
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