There is no denying that life as we currently know it can be difficult at times. You can be in control of the situation one moment and have everything going your way, and the next, you may be struggling to keep your head above water. The true test is how you handle these hardships.
We will all have amazing highs in life, such as our wedding day, the long-awaited promotion, or the birth of a kid. We’ll also need to overcome some great obstacles, though. As young children, we are taught about the nature of adversity, with some people facing more difficulties than others. Your development as a person can be influenced by these negative experiences.
Even while our difficulty evolves as we enter adolescence and maturity, it never completely disappears. Currently, our entire health and well-being, our financial condition, and our relationships are all causing us stress.
Some people reach a breaking point in their challenges, which causes them to fall apart and lose all sense of worth and confidence in themselves. Some people take a totally different route, though.
They make use of these difficult times as an opportunity to develop, change, and adapt. By doing this, they not only make it through their struggles but also emerge from them stronger than before.
A recent internet sensation that shared a meaningful lesson on overcoming adversity in life is now a viral story. It describes a young woman expressing her troubles with her grandmother in confidence.
Her grandmother responds by giving her some pretty unusual advice, but it clearly touched a nerve with her! We all need to learn this lesson, which explains why it has spread so quickly over the world.
This is the viral story: Which Are You, a Carrot, an Egg, or a Coffee?
“A young woman visited her grandmother and explained to her how difficult life had become for her. She revealed to her grandmother that she was startled to learn that her husband had betrayed her.
The young lady had no idea how she was going to survive. She even considered ending her own life. She expressed her frustration with fighting with her granny. Every time she appeared to have handled one issue, another one would appear.
Following her grandmother listening to her story, the young lady was led into the kitchen. Grandma put three pots over a hot fire and filled them with water.
Both of them waited until the water boiled. In the first pot, the grandmother put carrots; in the second, eggs; and in the third, coffee beans. She made the decision to let them boil on their own and remained silent throughout.
The grandmother turned the stove off after twenty minutes. She pulled out the carrots and placed them in a bowl. The eggs were removed and placed in a different bowl by the woman. Finally, she poured the coffee into a basin.
Tell me what you saw, she then asked her granddaughter. Carrots, eggs, and coffee, the woman said. Her grandmother brought her up close and instructed her to touch the carrots with her hands.
The girl did and described them as soft. The grandmother then requested that the granddaughter break an egg. The woman spotted the hard-boiled egg after cracking the eggshell. Her grandma finally instructed her to take a drink of the coffee. The granddaughter smiled as she tasted its rich fragrance.
The young girl then questioned her grandmother, “What does that mean, grandmother? What is the purpose of this? The elderly and wise woman said that although all of these objects had to deal with boiling water, each one responded differently.
The carrot was tough, resilient, and strong. But after being in the boiling water for 20 minutes, it significantly weakened and softened. The egg had grown quite hard. It had a thin shell around its liquid center, but after being exposed to boiling water, that inner hardened.
The ground coffee beans were special, though, since when they were added to the boiling water, the water had undergone significant changes.
Therefore, the grandmother questioned her granddaughter, “Which are you? How do you answer the door when a problem comes knocking? Are you a coffee bean, an egg, or a carrot?
Which of the three should you consider yourself to be? Are you like the carrot that appears to be robust but weakens when faced with difficulty and pain?
Or are you like the egg that has a malleable heart at first but changes as it gets hot? Did you previously have a very flexible spirit, but after a funeral, a breakup, financial difficulty, or another setback, did you become hardened and stiff? Does your exterior remain the same, or do you possess an inward bitterness, toughness, and hardened heart?
So, how do you deal with difficulty? Are you a coffee bean, an egg, or a carrot?
I’m an egg
Expresso 😎🎲🎶🦊🎺
A coffee bean!!!