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Read the following passage and answer the following:
Once a young woman sought her mother's help as she was unable to cope with her problems. She was filled with self pity and remorse and cried her heart out to her mother.
"I can't take anymore of this struggle and problems. They seem never ending and I just don't know what to do", she wailed.
Her mother listened to her patiently. She then took her daughter to the kitchen and poured water into three pots and let them on the stove. The mother placed some carrots in the first pot, eggs in the second and coffee beans in the third.
After a while, when the water started boiling, the mother removed the carrots and the egg from the pot and placed them each on a plate. She then strained the coffee decoction and poured it into a mug. She called her daughter to have a closer look and asked her as to what she had seen.
"They are carrots, eggs and coffee. That's all", said the daughter.
"I want you to come and feel each of them", said the mother. As the daughter did so, she noticed that the carrots which had been hard had become soft. The eggs which were brittle earlier had now turned into hard boiled eggs. And finally the coffee had an appealing aroma about it that was so appetising. As she looked towards her mother for an explanation, the mother said, "Did you notice that all the three products were subjected to the same treatment-boiling water-but each one was transformed differently. The carrot was hard and crunchy but became completely soft after being boiled for a while. The boiling water made it weak and soft. The opposite happened with the egg. The egg that was so fragile and required careful handling had now become so hard, that the outer layer could easily be removed."
"What about the coffee beans ?" asked the daughter.
"The coffee beans reacted very differently. It changed the boiling water completely, making it absorb its characteristics and aroma."
"But what are you trying to say?" asked the daughter.
"You keep grumbling about your problems and let them get the better of you. Next time you are faced with problems, just ask yourself this: Consider the boiling water as your adversities. Are you going to turn soft and weak like the carrot when you go through boiling water or are you going to become hard and strong like the egg when you are tossed around by adversities? Or are you going to be like the coffee beans that totally changed the very adversity that was trying to consume it. It changed the boiling water into aromatic coffee. Or in other words it changed the circumstance to its advantage and made it pleasant and appealing. Are you going to be like the carrot, egg or coffee beans ?", asked the mother.
Moral: When adversity stares at your face, be strong and think of ways to turn the situation to favour you. Be bold and don't let the situation overwhelm you.
Read the following passage and answer the following:
Once a young woman sought her mother's help as she was unable to cope with her problems. She was filled with self pity and remorse and cried her heart out to her mother.
"I can't take anymore of this struggle and problems. They seem never ending and I just don't know what to do", she wailed.
Her mother listened to her patiently. She then took her daughter to the kitchen and poured water into three pots and let them on the stove. The mother placed some carrots in the first pot, eggs in the second and coffee beans in the third.
After a while, when the water started boiling, the mother removed the carrots and the egg from the pot and placed them each on a plate. She then strained the coffee decoction and poured it into a mug. She called her daughter to have a closer look and asked her as to what she had seen.
"They are carrots, eggs and coffee. That's all", said the daughter.
"I want you to come and feel each of them", said the mother. As the daughter did so, she noticed that the carrots which had been hard had become soft. The eggs which were brittle earlier had now turned into hard boiled eggs. And finally the coffee had an appealing aroma about it that was so appetising. As she looked towards her mother for an explanation, the mother said, "Did you notice that all the three products were subjected to the same treatment-boiling water-but each one was transformed differently. The carrot was hard and crunchy but became completely soft after being boiled for a while. The boiling water made it weak and soft. The opposite happened with the egg. The egg that was so fragile and required careful handling had now become so hard, that the outer layer could easily be removed."
"What about the coffee beans ?" asked the daughter.
"The coffee beans reacted very differently. It changed the boiling water completely, making it absorb its characteristics and aroma."
"But what are you trying to say?" asked the daughter.
"You keep grumbling about your problems and let them get the better of you. Next time you are faced with problems, just ask yourself this: Consider the boiling water as your adversities. Are you going to turn soft and weak like the carrot when you go through boiling water or are you going to become hard and strong like the egg when you are tossed around by adversities? Or are you going to be like the coffee beans that totally changed the very adversity that was trying to consume it. It changed the boiling water into aromatic coffee. Or in other words it changed the circumstance to its advantage and made it pleasant and appealing. Are you going to be like the carrot, egg or coffee beans ?", asked the mother.
Moral: When adversity stares at your face, be strong and think of ways to turn the situation to favour you. Be bold and don't let the situation overwhelm you.
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