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The Coffee Bean Motivational Story

The Problems

The Problems

After facing many problems a daughter complained to her father that her life was very tough to live and that she didn’t know really how she was going to make it better. She was very tired of fighting and struggling at all the time. It seemed just as one problem was solved, immediately another one suddenly followed.

After heard these much problems that are faced by her daughter, He became sad about why she was worrying a lot. And he decided to teach her a lesson.

Father's Advice

Father's Advice

Her father is a chef. One day he invited her daughter and he took her to the kitchen. He filled three pots with fresh water and placed each of them on a high fire stove. Once the three pots began to boil well, suddenly he dropped potatoes in one pot, eggs in the second pot, and finally coffee beans in the third pot. He boiling that three with same temperature and time in that pot.

He then let them alone and to boil. The daughter who seeing this incident become very confused and saw her father for many times. Without saying a single word to his daughter. The daughter, silently moaned and impatiently waited so long, She wondering what he was going to do.

After twenty minutes later he turned off the burners. And took the three pots from the stove and he was ready to answer the confusions of her daughter.

He took a potato from out of the pot and placed that in a small bowl.

And he pulled a boiled egg out and placed that in a seperate bowl.

Then he ladled the third bowl which was turned to coffee and poured it in a small cup.

After placing three bowls on a table. He turning to her daughter and asked. "Hey Daughter, what do you see?".

"Potatoes, eggs, and coffee" She innocently replied.

He asked her daughter to look closer and to touch the potato. She did and noticed that they were soft. He then asked her to take an egg and break that. After removing of the shell, she seen the hard-boiled egg. Finally, he asked her to sip the coffee from third bowl. It's rich aroma and taste brought a unexpected smile to her face.

"Father, what does this mean?" She asked to her father.

He then explained:

The potatoes, the eggs and coffee beans had each faced the same tough situation by the boiling water under heavy temperature.

Obviously, each one reacted differently by their own behaviour.

The Change in Attitude

The Change in Attitude

The potato was very strong, hard, and unrelenting previous before boiling, but in boiling water, it became very soft and weak.

Like our human mind, sometimes the Hard situations make the people to broken inside and made them soft for life long. Her father asked to her "Are you want to be a potato?".

The Change in Attitude

But in this case, The egg was fragile, Before boiling the egg within the thin outer shell protecting its liquid interior. After it was put in the boiling water. Then the inside of the egg became hard. Here like the egg our mind changed to hard than before. By the surrounding situations and problems it helps to face hard times. "Are you want to be an egg" He asked.

The Change in Attitude

Finally, the coffee beans were such unique. Before boiling the beans were not changed. After they were exposed to the hot boiling water, they changed the whole water and created something totally new. Like this some people will change the whole environment as they wish. This is the specialty of coffee beans. I'm relating coffee beans as you. "Are you want to be a coffee bean?".

Then his daughter realized the truth of the life. And she confidently replied that "I will be a coffee bean". He smiled and replied "Yes my dear I know".