R u a carrot, egg or coffee bean?

[Vaheguru24/7]

vwihgurU jI kw Kwlsw!

vwihgurU jI kI &iqh!!

Carrots, Eggs, & Coffee Beans

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. In the first, she placed carrots, in the second she placed eggs and the last, 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.

She brought her closer and asked her to feel the carrots. The daughter did and noted that they were soft.

She then asked her to take an egg and break it. After pulling off the shell, she observed the hard-boiled egg.

Finally, she asked her to sip the coffee. The daughter smiled, as she tasted its rich aroma. The daughter then asked. "What's the point, mother?" Her mother explained that each of these objects had faced

the same adversity - boiling water - but 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 a 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 hours are the darkest and trials are their greatest, do you elevate to another level? How do

you handle Adversity? ARE YOU A CARROT, AN EGG, OR A COFFEE BEAN?

Don't tell GOD how big your storm is. Tell the storm how big your GOD is!

vwihgurU jI kw Kwlsw!

vwihgurU jI kI &iqh!!

[Guest balwinderkaur]

nice nice ...im carrot and egg....2 in one...how do i become coffee????

[Jassika]

nice B)

[CFD]

Good story!!!!!!!

Whenever Singhs have faced adversity they have always met the challenges head on. But also, like the coffee, they had the unique ability to change the circumstances around them.

I am remembering the battle of Chamkaur, I am remembering the odds faced by the young sahibzaaday and I am also remembering the trials and tribulations Singhs of the past went through but stayed strong in Sikhi. Their bhagti was so strong that even the muslims were affected by their determination and skill. So many muslim, Hindu and Christian accounts can be found attesting to the indominable spirit of the Khalsa.

They fought the battles with all their physical might but also had a greater purpose in mind. They fought out of love and faith. They were in constant rememberance of almight and thus their bodies vibrated in sync with the divine.

Their faces glowed brighter and brighter with evey hardship they faced and their spirit soared to new heights. I am remembering the shaheedi of Baba Fateh Singh and can't help but think that he didn't kill those muslim soldiers but he liberated them from a life of servitude. He didn't kill out of vengeance or fear but he fought out of love.

"A rose only grows more fragrant when someone steps on it" and so the spirit of Khalsa rises higher and higher with the hardships we face.

We should all try to live up to the example of our ancestors and live everyday in Chardi Kala.

r>read the following story:

http://www.tapoban.org/phorum/read.ppa?f=1...1&i=9981&t=9981

[Guest balwinderkaur]

wow beautiful. i like that quote about the rose.....well said.

[Jkaur]

yeah perfectly written :wub: