hey all u ppl.... read this article. i collected it long time back 4m a news paper
article sent by Amin Sarfani.....
Once a daughter complained to her father that her life was miserable. She was tired of struggling all the time. Just as one problem was solved, another one followed. Her father, who was a chef took her to the kitchen. He filled three pots with boiling water and placed potatoes in one pot, eggs in another and some coffee beans in the third. After 20 minutes, he turned off the burners. He took the potatoes out of the pot and placed them in a bowl. Next he pulled the eggs out and placed them in a bowl. Finally, he ladled out some coffee into a cup
Turning to his daughter he asked her, "What do you see?" "Potatoes, eggs and coffee", she replied. "Look closer", he said, "And touch the potatoes", she did and noted they were soft. He then asked her to take an egg and break it. When the shell came off, the egg was noted to be hard-boiled. Finally , he asked her to sip the coffee. Its rich aroma brought a smile to her face.
"Father, what does this mean?" she asked him. He then explained that the potatoes, eggs and coffee beans had each faced the same adversity: Boiling water. However, each one reacted differently. The potatoes went in strong, hard and unrelenting, but in boiling water, they became soft and weak. The egg was fragile, with a thin outer shell and liquid inside, but in boilling water, it became hard inside. The ground beans were unique, when they were exposed to boiling water, they changed the water and created something new.
"What are you?" he asked his daughter. "When adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond? Are you a Potato, an Egg or a Coffee bean?"
In life things happen around us, things happen to us, but the only thing that truly matters is what happens within us. Let us all try and be like coffee beans: ADDING FLAVOR AND FRESHNESS TO THE WORLD AROUND US...
article sent by Amin Sarfani.....
Once a daughter complained to her father that her life was miserable. She was tired of struggling all the time. Just as one problem was solved, another one followed. Her father, who was a chef took her to the kitchen. He filled three pots with boiling water and placed potatoes in one pot, eggs in another and some coffee beans in the third. After 20 minutes, he turned off the burners. He took the potatoes out of the pot and placed them in a bowl. Next he pulled the eggs out and placed them in a bowl. Finally, he ladled out some coffee into a cup
Turning to his daughter he asked her, "What do you see?" "Potatoes, eggs and coffee", she replied. "Look closer", he said, "And touch the potatoes", she did and noted they were soft. He then asked her to take an egg and break it. When the shell came off, the egg was noted to be hard-boiled. Finally , he asked her to sip the coffee. Its rich aroma brought a smile to her face.
"Father, what does this mean?" she asked him. He then explained that the potatoes, eggs and coffee beans had each faced the same adversity: Boiling water. However, each one reacted differently. The potatoes went in strong, hard and unrelenting, but in boiling water, they became soft and weak. The egg was fragile, with a thin outer shell and liquid inside, but in boilling water, it became hard inside. The ground beans were unique, when they were exposed to boiling water, they changed the water and created something new.
"What are you?" he asked his daughter. "When adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond? Are you a Potato, an Egg or a Coffee bean?"
In life things happen around us, things happen to us, but the only thing that truly matters is what happens within us. Let us all try and be like coffee beans: ADDING FLAVOR AND FRESHNESS TO THE WORLD AROUND US...
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