Tuesday, February 08, 2005
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 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. 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 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?
May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to
make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human and enough hope to
make you happy. The happiest of people don't necessarily have the
best of everything; they just make the most of everything that
comes along their way. The brightest future will always be based on
a forgotten past; you can't go
forward in life until you let go of your past failures and
heartaches. When you were born, you were crying and everyone around
you was smiling. Live your life so at the end, you're the one who
is smiling and everyone around you is crying.
hey ya...feel tat tis email iz veh meaningful...so put here lorx...hmm....i tink im e carrot...yupx...i may look strong on e outside..happi and all tat...but i dont tink i rili m...hmmz.....tink bout it...which 1 r u??=//
anw....gonna tok bout past few daes do wad...ahahas...
`mon
2dae nth much...no common test!!!whoohoo....budden got duno wad wif e vp...boring...hees....ten iz home ec...cook salad and meat and potato pie...coz we miss 1 lesson and we complain to mads teos sae we dun wanna sate baq...so she sae cook 2 dishes in 1 lesson lorx...i can now officially announce tat mds teos rili iz ap 1...ten aft home ec was e normal lessons...ten me,kai2,limin,shirley decided to stae baq watch cny concert rehersal...ahahas...ten we do abit of e class tee...ten we slack....ten go buy bubble tea...ten we walk past coffe shop tat tym kai2 and limin sae wanna eat roti prata...ahahas...so ok lorx...ten eat eat....ten went baq to skl....ten went to watch e rehersal....gang hao iz gb dance...yeas!...ahahas...ten iz lyk ending lerx...so we decided to go home...o yahs...wen we were watchin hx came...ten limin and hx were competing whose scream louder...hees...-_-''' ten liddat lorx...went home....was pissed off...shant saw y.....
p.s. kai2,limin,shirley....i dun wanna eat e roti prata agen...coz after i eat i go home stomach pain lehs....hehes...=pPpP
`2dae!!!
yays!2dae cny eve.....can wear home clothes to skl....yayas...wore jeans and op t-shirt...ahahas...kkz...ten went skl lorx...ten got flag raising...went to get hong bao frm mr tan...ahahas....but inside onli got 1 mentos...budden beta ten nth...ahahas...ten ms sia gave us sum goodies too...ten nid to go hall 4 concert...yupx...we sit on chair..!!....ahhas...ten sec1s sit on floor...ahahs...nvm...we last year oso lyk tat lorx...ahahs...ten after tat go baq to epps to meet nat...budden half way nat sae epps closing...eeeeeeee....so met her at ws...ten she call vera...vera sae still got sum ppl....so we decided to go....saw old classmates...and new juniors...ahahas...yays...ten went to tm...wanted to eat lunch...budden sooooooo mani ppl!!...ahahas...so we went baq to ws foodcourt to eat...hehes...ten walk walk lorx...budden veh sian of ws ler lahs...ahahas...ten cum baq home lorx...2dae oso quite pissed of...wif mi parents....shant sae y......
kk ppl!!gonna post until here...ahahas...lata gonna go ama hse renuion dinner...ahahas...so cyaz!!!! HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR!!!=))
[no matter wad happens,
i will alwaes b by ur side....]
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 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. 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 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?
May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to
make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human and enough hope to
make you happy. The happiest of people don't necessarily have the
best of everything; they just make the most of everything that
comes along their way. The brightest future will always be based on
a forgotten past; you can't go
forward in life until you let go of your past failures and
heartaches. When you were born, you were crying and everyone around
you was smiling. Live your life so at the end, you're the one who
is smiling and everyone around you is crying.
hey ya...feel tat tis email iz veh meaningful...so put here lorx...hmm....i tink im e carrot...yupx...i may look strong on e outside..happi and all tat...but i dont tink i rili m...hmmz.....tink bout it...which 1 r u??=//
anw....gonna tok bout past few daes do wad...ahahas...
`mon
2dae nth much...no common test!!!whoohoo....budden got duno wad wif e vp...boring...hees....ten iz home ec...cook salad and meat and potato pie...coz we miss 1 lesson and we complain to mads teos sae we dun wanna sate baq...so she sae cook 2 dishes in 1 lesson lorx...i can now officially announce tat mds teos rili iz ap 1...ten aft home ec was e normal lessons...ten me,kai2,limin,shirley decided to stae baq watch cny concert rehersal...ahahas...ten we do abit of e class tee...ten we slack....ten go buy bubble tea...ten we walk past coffe shop tat tym kai2 and limin sae wanna eat roti prata...ahahas...so ok lorx...ten eat eat....ten went baq to skl....ten went to watch e rehersal....gang hao iz gb dance...yeas!...ahahas...ten iz lyk ending lerx...so we decided to go home...o yahs...wen we were watchin hx came...ten limin and hx were competing whose scream louder...hees...-_-''' ten liddat lorx...went home....was pissed off...shant saw y.....
p.s. kai2,limin,shirley....i dun wanna eat e roti prata agen...coz after i eat i go home stomach pain lehs....hehes...=pPpP
`2dae!!!
yays!2dae cny eve.....can wear home clothes to skl....yayas...wore jeans and op t-shirt...ahahas...kkz...ten went skl lorx...ten got flag raising...went to get hong bao frm mr tan...ahahas....but inside onli got 1 mentos...budden beta ten nth...ahahas...ten ms sia gave us sum goodies too...ten nid to go hall 4 concert...yupx...we sit on chair..!!....ahhas...ten sec1s sit on floor...ahahs...nvm...we last year oso lyk tat lorx...ahahs...ten after tat go baq to epps to meet nat...budden half way nat sae epps closing...eeeeeeee....so met her at ws...ten she call vera...vera sae still got sum ppl....so we decided to go....saw old classmates...and new juniors...ahahas...yays...ten went to tm...wanted to eat lunch...budden sooooooo mani ppl!!...ahahas...so we went baq to ws foodcourt to eat...hehes...ten walk walk lorx...budden veh sian of ws ler lahs...ahahas...ten cum baq home lorx...2dae oso quite pissed of...wif mi parents....shant sae y......
kk ppl!!gonna post until here...ahahas...lata gonna go ama hse renuion dinner...ahahas...so cyaz!!!! HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR!!!=))
[no matter wad happens,
i will alwaes b by ur side....]
what we could have been, 8.2.05.
