I am really impressed by this story…it was sent from one of my friend (Thanks to Mina…)
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 do
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?
May you have enough happiness to make you sweet,
enough trials to makeyou strong, enough sorrow to keep
you human and enough hope to make you happy.
The happiest of people don’t necessarily have the best
of everything…
they just make the most of everything that comes
along their way. The brightest future will always be
based on a forgotten past…
You can’t go forward in life until you let go of your past failures and heartaches.
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 share this message to those people who mean
something to you (I JUST DID); to those who have
touched your life in one way or another; to those who
make you smile when you really need it; to those who
make you see the brighter side of things when you are
really down; to those whose friendship you appreciate;
to those who are so meaningful in your life.
kanji pertama itu (pronounced as " i ") sendiri artinya "To cure or To Heal"….asiiikkk, I love this word & kanji so much. 
