Potatoes, eggs, and coffee beans

Once upon a time a daughter complained to her
father that her life was miserable and that she didn’t
know how she was going to make it. She was tired
of fighting and struggling all the time. It seemed just
as one problem was solved, another one soon
followed.

Her father, a chef, took her to the kitchen. He filled
three pots with water and placed each on a high
fire. Once the three pots began to boil, he placed
potatoes in one pot, eggs in the second pot, and
ground coffee beans in the third pot.

He then let them sit and boil, without saying a word
to his daughter. The daughter, moaned and
impatiently waited, wondering what he was doing.

After twenty minutes he turned off the burners. He
took the potatoes out of the pot and placed them in
a bowl. He pulled the eggs out and placed them in a
bowl.

He then ladled the coffee out and placed it in a cup.
Turning to her he asked. “Daughter, what do you
see?”

“Potatoes, eggs, and coffee,” she hastily replied.

“Look closer,” he said, “and touch the potatoes.”
She did and noted that they were soft. He then
asked her to take an egg and break it. After pulling
off the shell, she observed the hard-boiled egg.
Finally, he asked her to sip the coffee. Its rich
aroma brought a smile to her face.

“Father, what does this mean?” she asked.

He then explained that the potatoes, the eggs and
coffee beans had each faced the same adversity–
the boiling water.

However, each one reacted differently.

The potato went in strong, hard, and unrelenting, but
in boiling water, it became soft and weak.

The egg was fragile, with the thin outer shell
protecting its liquid interior until it was put in the
boiling water. Then the inside of the egg became
hard.

However, the ground coffee beans were unique.
After they were exposed to the boiling water, they
changed the water and created something new.

“Which 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? “

Moral:
In life, things happen around us, things happen to
us, but the only thing that truly matters is what
happens within us.
Which one are you?

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