Came across this story in one of the regional news papers. No idea who the author really is.
A young girl was tired - tired of fighting her everyday fights - she was depressed not just about her future, but her present as well. She found no joy, no hope in her existence. Each day was just a new struggle, new fight .
Feeling utterly rotten, she visited her mother.
She spoke about her situation till she had nothing more to add. Mum listened patiently, a knowing smile on her face.
Then , once the girl had exhausted herself - Mum asked her into the kitchen.
She took 3 identical vessels, and filled each with same amount of water. Then placed each on a stove top, to boil. Once the water came to a rolling boil, she dropped a carrot in one, an egg in second and some coffee beans in the third. She watched silently along with her confused daughter for sometime.
Then she spooned out the carrot , the egg and the coffee beans.
"See dear, all three were subjected to same trying conditions - boiling water. The carrot went in hard and sweet, but came out all soft n soggy. The egg, was brittle, fragile before being boiled - its shell is still the same, but from inside, its hardened up. And the coffee beans? They just sat in the boiling water first - but then rose to the top, and as the water boiled, they released their taste, their aroma, their colour in the water. The water is not water any more, its coffee. So tell me - which one are you? A carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?
Because the quality of your life, your future, depends on what you would choose to be . You can either give up, and lose your self in the struggle, or come out of it stronger than you were. Or fight such that it does not remain a fight at all. Make it yours, give it all you have!! "
A young girl was tired - tired of fighting her everyday fights - she was depressed not just about her future, but her present as well. She found no joy, no hope in her existence. Each day was just a new struggle, new fight .
Feeling utterly rotten, she visited her mother.
She spoke about her situation till she had nothing more to add. Mum listened patiently, a knowing smile on her face.
Then , once the girl had exhausted herself - Mum asked her into the kitchen.
She took 3 identical vessels, and filled each with same amount of water. Then placed each on a stove top, to boil. Once the water came to a rolling boil, she dropped a carrot in one, an egg in second and some coffee beans in the third. She watched silently along with her confused daughter for sometime.
Then she spooned out the carrot , the egg and the coffee beans.
"See dear, all three were subjected to same trying conditions - boiling water. The carrot went in hard and sweet, but came out all soft n soggy. The egg, was brittle, fragile before being boiled - its shell is still the same, but from inside, its hardened up. And the coffee beans? They just sat in the boiling water first - but then rose to the top, and as the water boiled, they released their taste, their aroma, their colour in the water. The water is not water any more, its coffee. So tell me - which one are you? A carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?
Because the quality of your life, your future, depends on what you would choose to be . You can either give up, and lose your self in the struggle, or come out of it stronger than you were. Or fight such that it does not remain a fight at all. Make it yours, give it all you have!! "
