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.

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Philip
A good story

Thanu
very inspiring

Jeremy
so inspring.

Jelly
Love it it’s a great lesson to all youngsters….

Heeba
That is really true

Ranganathan
Nice stories

Varsha
Lovely and a true story

Phillip Oglesby
I cant really say which one I am however when I am faced with adversity I tend to slow thing down in my life and try to understand whats going on and think of how I might be able to overcome as well is what is the life lesson that needs to be learned what I am being faced

Samson Nimfel
Very interesting, love it.

Kim Yumie
I love this story and has a very good Moral

Rushab Jain
Wonderful

Vishnu Thangam
Really moral stories here…Now I have the courage to overcome the adversity and struggles happening in my life.we should overcome that so that life is strong .

Alexandra Rott
i am from norway, so it was hard to read.

Samanvitha
superb story ❤❤❤

AARON
AMAZING STORY

Georgia
Love it!

Ton Ririma
Really inspirational story

Sushma Sharma
Wow am really something learnt this storywe should always help to needed

Sushma Sahota
Am really enjoyed the story,,,and i learnt something,,,we should always help to needed

Linson Karu
I am Blessed! God is Good!

Yoora
Omg, this story is so good and touching, love it
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