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Carrot, Egg & Coffee Beans
There was this young girl who thinks that she is lousy in all things she does, therefore she has very low confidence level and refuse to accept challenge.
So one day, the father asked her to look at 3 pots containing boiling water and the father placed carrots in the first pot, an egg in the second pot and coffee beans in the third pot. She stared and stared at the pots containing the items but she never understands why. So she got so impatient of waiting and asks the father; "what is it that you want me to look at."
So the father explained;
Before the carrots were put in the boiling water, the carrots were very hard. Carrots said, “We are very strong, we can withstand whatever adversity that may come.” But after they were thrown into the boiling water, the carrots became soft. “Oh I’m so weak I cannot withstand the challenge”
The second pot was the egg. Before the egg went into the boiling water, “Oh I’m very weak I cannot withstand such challenge.” But after going into the boiling water, the egg became stronger instead.
The third pot was the coffee bean. The coffee beans did not have any fear and even after being challenged by the hot boiling water, the coffee beans did not change. Instead they changed the color of the water.
So which of the three items do you want to be?
A person with strong front but weakens after meeting adversity?
A person who thinks he/she is very weak, refuse to accept challenges yet after being thrown into adversity, you become stronger?
Or a person who faces challenges with no fear, refusing to give up and changes the challenge into something that favors you?
Courtesy of OBS
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