Guest guest Posted July 12, 2001 Report Share Posted July 12, 2001 Dear Sadhakas,<br><br>Attitude is all in Sadhana as in life.......<br>Read on........<br><br> A daughter complained to her father about her life and how things <br>were<br>so<br> hard for her. She did not know how she was going to make it and <br>wanted<br>to<br> give up. She was tired of fighting and struggling. It seemed as <br>one<br> problem<br> <br> was solved a new one arose.<br> <br> Her father, a chef, took her to the kitchen. He filled three pots <br>with<br> water and placed each on a high fire. Soon the pots came to a <br>boil. In<br> one<br> he placed carrots, in the second he placed eggs, and the last he <br>placed<br> ground coffee beans. He let them sit and boil, without saying a <br>word.<br> <br> The daughter ground her teeth and impatiently waited, wondering <br>what he<br> was<br> <br> doing. In about twenty minutes he turned off the burners. He <br>fished the<br> carrots out and placed them in a bowl. He pulled the eggs out and<br>placed<br> them in a bowl. Then he ladled the coffee out and placed it in a <br>bowl.<br> <br> Turning to her he asked. "Darling, what do you see.Carrots, <br>eggs,<br>and<br> coffee," she replied.<br> <br> He brought her closer and asked her to feel the carrots. She did <br>and<br> noted<br> that they were soft. He then asked her to take an egg and break <br>it.<br>After<br> peeling off the shell, she observed the hardness of the boiled <br>egg.<br> Finally, he asked her to sip the coffee. She smiled as she tasted <br>its<br> rich<br> aroma.<br> <br> She humbly asked. "What does it mean Father?"<br> <br> He explained that each of them had faced the same adversity, <br>boiling<br> water,<br> <br> but each reacted differently.<br> <br> The carrot went in strong, hard, and unrelenting. But after being<br> subjected<br> <br> to the boiling water, it softened and became weak.<br> <br> The egg had been fragile. Its thin outer shell had protected its <br>liquid<br> interior. But after sitting through the boiling water, its inside<br>became<br> hardened.<br> <br> The ground coffee beans were unique however. After they were in <br>the<br> boiling<br> <br> water, they had changed the water.<br> <br> "Which are you," he asked his daughter. "When adversity knocks on <br>your<br> door, how do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg, or a coffee <br>bean? "<br> <br> <br><br>........................................................................\ .....<br> ......................................................<br> How about you?<br> <br> Are you the carrot that seems hard, but with pain and adversity do <br>you<br> wilt<br> <br> and become soft and lose your strength?<br> <br> Are you the egg, which starts off with a malleable heart? Were you <br>a<br> fluid<br> spirit, but after a death, a breakup, a divorce, or a layoff have <br>you<br> become hardened and stiff. Your shell looks the same, but inside <br>are<br>you<br> bitter and tough with a stiff spirit and heart?<br> <br> Or are you like the coffee bean? The bean changes the hot water, <br>the<br> thing<br> that is bringing the pain. It reaches its peak flavor at 212 <br>degrees<br> Fahrenheit. When the water gets the hotter, it just tastes better.<br> <br> If you are like the bean, when things are at their worst, you get<br>better<br> and make things better around you.<br> <br> How do you handle adversity? Are you a carrot, an egg, or a coffee<br>bean?<br><br>Love and Light..........<br><br>Venkat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 12, 2001 Report Share Posted July 12, 2001 That was a wonderful one, Venkat Ji!!!<br><br>Divine Love and Bliss be upon all!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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