All categories - 12 October 2006

i was thinking spending the night in jail...any more ideas?

2006-10-12 20:54:40 · 20 answers · asked by ganja 1 in Entertaining

Carrot, Egg, and Coffee

A carrot, an egg, and a cup of coffee...You will never look at a cup of coffee the same way again.

A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life and how things were so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to make it and wanted to give up. She was tired of fighting and struggling. It seemed as one problem was solved, a new one arose.

Her mother took her to the kitchen. She filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire. Soon the pots came to boil In the first she placed carrots, in the second she placed eggs, and in the last she placed ground coffee beans. She let them sit and boil, without saying a word.

In about twenty minutes she turned off the burners. She fished the carrots out and placed them in a bowl. She pulled the eggs out and placed them in a bowl.

Then she ladled the coffee out and placed it in a bowl.

Turning to her daughter, she asked, "Tell me what you see."

"Carrots, eggs, and coffee," she replied.

Her mother brought her closer and asked her to feel the carrots. She did and noted that they were soft. The mother then asked the daughter to take an egg and break it After pulling off the shell, she observed the hard boiled egg.

Finally, the mother asked the daughter to sip the coffee. The daughter smiled as she tasted its rich aroma. The daughter then asked, "What does it mean, mother?"

Her mother explained that each of these objects had faced the same adversity: boiling water. Each reacted differently. The carrot went in strong, hard, and unrelenting. However, after being subjected to the boiling water, it softened and became weak.

The egg had been fragile. Its thin outer shell had protected its liquid interior, but after sitting through the boiling water,its inside became hardened. The ground coffee beans were unique, however. After they were in the boiling water, they had changed the water.


"Which are you?" she asked her daughter. "When adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?"

Think of this: Which am I? Am I the carrot that seems strong, but with pain and adversity do I wilt and become soft and lose my strength?

Am I the egg that starts with a malleable heart, but changes with the heat? Did I have a fluid spirit, but after a death, a breakup, a financial hardship or some other trial, have I become hardened and stiff? Does my shell look the same, but on the inside am I bitter and tough with a stiff spirit and hardened heart?

Or am I like the coffee bean? The bean actually changes the hot water, the very circumstance that brings the pain. When the water gets hot, it releases the fragrance and flavor. If you are like the bean, when things are at their worst, you get better and change the situation around you. When the hour is the darkest and trials are their greatest, do you elevate yourself to another level? How do you handle adversity?

Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?

---When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling.

Live your life so at the end, you're the one who is smiling and everyone around you is crying.

You might want to send this message to those people who mean something to you or to those whom you consider to be COFFEE, (I JUST DID)
It's easier to build a child than repair an adult.

This is so true - may we all be COFFEE.

2006-10-12 20:54:27 · 7 answers · asked by rhijoa 2 in Parenting

I posted this question before, and am not the only one. I was disappointed with the answers as I only had two, so perhaps just a different category will help. I was looking for unique fantasies, anything from bubble bath and candles, to whips and chains...but I'm begining to think people are afraid to share their deepest desires, for fear of being ridiculed or for fear of being the only ones. Trust me you're not, and trust that at least one other person out there will have a kinkier anwer than you. So what is your ultimate SECRET sexual fantasy that you might be too afraid to share with anyone in person??

2006-10-12 20:54:23 · 10 answers · asked by nikkismiles7 2 in Marriage & Divorce

2006-10-12 20:54:19 · 45 answers · asked by A1bear 3 in Other - Food & Drink

Does the poor granny have to sit naked in the tub while the thing fills up and drains? Wouldn't opening the door to get in/out with the bath full of water let all the water out?

2006-10-12 20:54:17 · 5 answers · asked by k² 6 in Other - Home & Garden

I'm in South Africa so we are 2 years behind the U.S.
I'm dying to know what is going on. Who is the serial killer?
Does Sami and Lucas get married? Any other interesting info you can give?
Thanks :-)

2006-10-12 20:54:09 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Television

I have to use the dictionary a lot....and sometimes things still go over my head..... :(

2006-10-12 20:53:56 · 16 answers · asked by ? 3 in Polls & Surveys

2006-10-12 20:53:56 · 2 answers · asked by Ali N 1 in Physics

I posted this question before, and am not the only one. I was disappointed with the answers as I only had two, so perhaps just a different category will help. I was looking for unique fantasies, anything from bubble bath and candles, to whips and chains...but I'm begining to think people are afraid to share their deepest desires, for fear of being ridiculed or for fear of being the only ones. Trust me you're not, and trust that at least one other person out there will have a kinkier anwer than you. So what is your ultimate SECRET sexual fantasy that you might be too afraid to share with anyone in person??

2006-10-12 20:53:41 · 6 answers · asked by nikkismiles7 2 in Singles & Dating

This is for my new E-bay Shop..... ^_~

2006-10-12 20:53:37 · 6 answers · asked by kwoman 2 in Small Business

Between unlawful and illeagal? Watch out later and i will answer if no ones got it

2006-10-12 20:53:37 · 9 answers · asked by sam h 1 in Jokes & Riddles

2006-10-12 20:53:36 · 20 answers · asked by L1NA 2 in Pregnancy

So far we have been hearing only right wing parties and think tanks.What's your opinion. http://www.skillipedia.com/

2006-10-12 20:53:33 · 31 answers · asked by ? 2 in Immigration

does it hurt?

i was going to get " f uck love " tatooed in there.

2006-10-12 20:53:19 · 11 answers · asked by xelectricxrosex 2 in Tattoos

Need help with cooking for family.

Don't have alot of time on my hands to cook and clean afterwards and personally, I don't enjoy cooking but I am tired of wasting so much money on store bought food from cafe's, deli's, restaurants, etc. I want to provide good food for my family every once in a while and would like to stop wasting so much money going out to eat.

Any easy, quick, and tasty recipes?

2006-10-12 20:52:49 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cooking & Recipes

What's their rationale?
Shouldn't people be able to decide who they marry?
Is this just another example of how Muslims exercise their need to CONTROL everything?
I hear some of them even marry their cousins!
Too bad "Allah" didn't tell Mohammid what happens to the gene pool of families that INTERBREED!

Yuck! When will Muslims ever learn?

2006-10-12 20:52:40 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Im only 14 years old going to be 15.

2006-10-12 20:52:38 · 19 answers · asked by NO NAM3 1 in Grade-Schooler

2006-10-12 20:52:32 · 6 answers · asked by markose p 2 in Trivia

2006-10-12 20:52:32 · 2 answers · asked by Matthew H 1 in Internet

I hope that there's still a pulse there but we haven't seen star trek since Enterprise was cancelled In may of 2005, and the last Movie was Nemesis in 2002, maybe it was the prequel idea that screwed things up, let's face it The Phantom Menace made prequels a pretty bad idea from the start, but who knows maybe they'll make a new star trek that takes place after Nemesis with some new ships, and who knows as for the next captian maybe he could be played by Hugh Jackman, if Picard can be a good X-man, Wolverine could be a good commanding officer, seriously I'd pick someone wev'e already seen as a junior officer for captain, like Tom Paris or Harry Kim

2006-10-12 20:52:28 · 12 answers · asked by Clayton B 3 in Television

The Iraqi parliment is now proposing to split Iraq into provinces, it has been very succesful for 15 years in Iraqi Kurdistan. No trouble there at all.
Shiite in the South
Sunny in Centre
Kurds In the North

2006-10-12 20:52:28 · 12 answers · asked by ian d 3 in Politics

a formula or something? Or probably something else?

2006-10-12 20:52:22 · 52 answers · asked by pranesh 1 in Games & Gear

2006-10-12 20:52:19 · 4 answers · asked by Dolores S 1 in Garden & Landscape

Is it against federal or state law to send cash through a third party shipper other than the USPS? I know it is stupid, but is it legal?

2006-10-12 20:52:13 · 15 answers · asked by sparta_gw2k 1 in Law Enforcement & Police

Considering the intelligent design theory, the mathematical absurdity of a big bang resulting in our present universe without outside influence and the sheer genius of the world around us that by all rights shouldnt exist had their have been no god, how can atheists defend their position without acknowledging their self denial?

2006-10-12 20:52:11 · 21 answers · asked by john s 1 in Religion & Spirituality

what are the topics regardind articles which these journals cover?

2006-10-12 20:52:08 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Special Education

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2006-10-12 20:52:03 · 10 answers · asked by priory 1 in Security

2006-10-12 20:51:49 · 12 answers · asked by MELONY L B 1 in Wrestling