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Monday, August 17, 2009
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Thursday, June 4, 2009
Are you a Carrot, Egg or Coffee Bean?
During the great depression, Alina, a young girl, was torn apart, having lost her child, a jobless husband at hand, influenza in the neighborhood, a cracked roof overhead (through which the peeping rain was no pleasure)... it was not easy. The only person she felt she could speak with was her mum, a wizened young lady of 45, who was herself in no better shape, albeit 5 hours away in the countryside.
Alina decided she would see her mum. Somehow that lady had borne through the war and they both remembered those days vividly. "Mum will have a message or me", Alina thought.
It was an arduous journey to say the least. The highways you see today were obviously non-existent. But she got home somehow and doused herself in the comfort of her mother's warmth. Brave for a fleeting moment... and awash with tears the very next. Mum understood. That's why she's a mum, right?
Slowly she guided Alina to the kitchen and filled 3 pots with water and placed them on the fire. Without a word spoken, she placed a couple of carrots in one; and egg in the other; and some coffee beans in the third. In a few minutes all three came to boil. She removed them one by one.
Now mum turned to Alina and said, "darling, feel the carrots and tell me how they are".
"Soft and shapeless", Alina said.
"And the egg? Break it and see". Alina did as she was told and found the egg was hard on the inside now.
"What about this?" mum asked, pouring the coffee pot into a mug and it handing it over for Alina to drink. "Mum this is soooo fantastic", Alina exclaimed, her eyes lighting up for once!
"Yes dear, it is, isn't it?". Drawing a deep breath mum continued, "this is life Alina. And adversity is a part of it. Here you saw all three subject to the same adversity... the boiling water... and the carrot went in tough and proud but couldn't stand up to it. The egg went in with an innocent, malleable heart but the circumstances caused it to harden up. It now holds grossness that will stay with it for life, though no one would be able to tell the difference from outside."
"And the beans mum?"
"And it was the beans darling that took upon themselves to 'go over' the circumstances. They made sure that after the testing times are through, the times became better for everyone".
Now dear reader, we are going through a pretty bad patch ourselves, aren't we?
How are you taking it? Are you escaping or denying the reality? If so, you might be changed in ways you probably won't like a few years down the road.
Or are you unlearning and relearning and spreading the cheer so we all emerge winners by the time this is over?
Be a bean. Scroll down and drop in your name and email below so I may let you into a 30-day "Private Access" program for harnessing the Internet and the emerging space of networking... to make the best for yourself and your family. You can unsubscribe anytime... but I doubt you'd want to!
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Alina decided she would see her mum. Somehow that lady had borne through the war and they both remembered those days vividly. "Mum will have a message or me", Alina thought.
It was an arduous journey to say the least. The highways you see today were obviously non-existent. But she got home somehow and doused herself in the comfort of her mother's warmth. Brave for a fleeting moment... and awash with tears the very next. Mum understood. That's why she's a mum, right?
Slowly she guided Alina to the kitchen and filled 3 pots with water and placed them on the fire. Without a word spoken, she placed a couple of carrots in one; and egg in the other; and some coffee beans in the third. In a few minutes all three came to boil. She removed them one by one.
Now mum turned to Alina and said, "darling, feel the carrots and tell me how they are".
"Soft and shapeless", Alina said.
"And the egg? Break it and see". Alina did as she was told and found the egg was hard on the inside now.
"What about this?" mum asked, pouring the coffee pot into a mug and it handing it over for Alina to drink. "Mum this is soooo fantastic", Alina exclaimed, her eyes lighting up for once!
"Yes dear, it is, isn't it?". Drawing a deep breath mum continued, "this is life Alina. And adversity is a part of it. Here you saw all three subject to the same adversity... the boiling water... and the carrot went in tough and proud but couldn't stand up to it. The egg went in with an innocent, malleable heart but the circumstances caused it to harden up. It now holds grossness that will stay with it for life, though no one would be able to tell the difference from outside."
"And the beans mum?"
"And it was the beans darling that took upon themselves to 'go over' the circumstances. They made sure that after the testing times are through, the times became better for everyone".
Now dear reader, we are going through a pretty bad patch ourselves, aren't we?
How are you taking it? Are you escaping or denying the reality? If so, you might be changed in ways you probably won't like a few years down the road.
Or are you unlearning and relearning and spreading the cheer so we all emerge winners by the time this is over?
Be a bean. Scroll down and drop in your name and email below so I may let you into a 30-day "Private Access" program for harnessing the Internet and the emerging space of networking... to make the best for yourself and your family. You can unsubscribe anytime... but I doubt you'd want to!
Cheers! Sandeep
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