Struggles of our Life
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 one 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 how you choose to react to it and what you make out of it. Life is all about leaning, adopting and converting all the struggles that we experience into something positive.
EXERCISE: Struggles of our Life
______ upon a time a daughter complained to _______ father that her life was miserable and that _____didn’t know how she _______going to make it. She _______ tired of fighting and struggling all the time. It seemed just as one problem _______ solved, another one soon followed. Her father, a chef, took _______ to the kitchen. He filled three pots _______ water and placed each on a high fire.
Once the three pots began to boil, he placed potatoes___ one pot, eggs_____ the second pot and ground coffee beans ______ the _____ pot. He then let them sit and boil, without saying a word to ______ daughter. The daughter, moaned and impatiently waited, wondering what he ____ doing. After twenty minutes he turned off the burners. He took the potatoes out of the pot and placed _____ in a bowl. He pulled the eggs out ________ placed them in a bowl. He then ladled the coffee out and placed it ______ a cup.
Turning to her, he asked. “Daughter, what do ___ see?” “Potatoes, eggs ___coffee,” she hastily replied.
“Look closer”, he said, “and touch the potatoes.” She did and noted that they ______ soft.
He then asked ______ to take an egg _____break it. After pulling ____ the shell, she observed the hard-boiled egg.
Finally, he asked her_____ sip the coffee. Its rich aroma brought a smile____ her face.
“Father, what does______ mean?” she asked.
He then explained that the potatoes, the eggs and ______ beans had each faced the same adversity-the boiling water. However, each ________ reacted differently. The potato went in strong, hard and unrelenting, but ____ boiling water, it became soft and weak. The egg ___ fragile, with the thin outer shell protecting _____ liquid interior until it ___ put in the boiling water. Then the inside of the egg became hard. However, the ground coffee beans _____ unique. After they _______ exposed to the boiling water, they changed the water ____ created something new.
“Which one ____you?” he asked _____ daughter. “When adversity knocks ___ your door, how do you respond? Are _______ 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 how you choose to react to it and what you make out of it. Life is all about leaning, adopting and converting all the struggles that we experience into something positive.