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.
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Her father, a chef, took her to the kitchen.=
He filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire. Once the t=
hree 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 boi=
l, without saying a word to his daughter. The daughter, moaned and impatien=
tly waited, wondering what he was doing.
After twenty minutes he turned off the b=
urners. He took the potatoes out of the pot and placed them in a bowl. He p=
ulled 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?”
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“Potatoes, eggs, and coffee,” she hastily replied.
“L=
ook closer,” he said, “and touch the potatoes.” She did a=
nd noted that they were soft. He then asked her to take an egg and break it=
=2E 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=
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Sh=
e asked the meaning, and her father explained that the potatoes, the eggs, =
and coffee beans had each faced the same adversity – the boiling wate=
r. However, each one reacted differently. He said,
>The potato went in strong=
, hard, and unrelenting, but in boiling water, it became soft and weak.
>The e=
gg was fragile, with the thin outer shell protecting its liquid interior un=
til it was put in the boiling water. Then the inside of the egg became hard=
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t;The ground coffee beans were unique. After they were exposed to the boili=
ng water, they changed the water and created something new.
“Which are you?=
” he then asked his daughter. “When adversity knocks on your do=
or, how do you respond? Are you a potato, an egg, or a coffee bean? “=
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Dr Bob G=
riffin
[email protected] www.grif.net
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