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IN THE TEST KITCHEN OF LIFE
A young woman was complaining to her
father about how difficult her life had become. He said nothing, but took her to
the kitchen and set three pans of water to boiling. To the first pan he added
carrots; to the second, eggs; and to the third, ground coffee. After all three
had cooked, he put their contents into separate bowls and asked his daughter to
cut into the eggs and carrots, and to smell the coffee. "What does this all
mean?" she asked impatiently.
"Each food," he said, "teaches us something about facing adversity, as
represented by the boiling water. The carrot went in hard but came out soft and
weak. The egg went in fragile but came out hardened. The coffee, however,
changed the water to something better."
"Which will you be like as you face life?" he asked. "Will you give up, become
hard -- or transform adversity into triumph? As the 'chef" of your own
life, what will you bring to the table?"
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