oooh, yes please

You children are seriously in need of a happy pill. Hmmm, which one shall it be...the Smiley pill ORRRRRRRRRR shall it be the CHOOSE TO BE HAPPY pill?


Jordyn, have you ever driven?

Come on people, choose to NOT be so angry. Why do you wish to shorten your days when life at it's fullest awaits you. Just remember, ALL of us experience days or even months and dare I say it...YEARS of unexpected problems and heartache.

Let me share with you something that I truly believe you could find helpful for this bitterness that some of you live with. I hope it hits the right spot in just the right way you need.

Carrot, Egg, or Coffee?

You'll 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. In the first, she placed carrots, in
the second she placed eggs and 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. She brought
her closer and asked her to feel the carrots. She did
and noted that they got soft. She then asked her to
take an egg and break it. After pulling off the shell,
she observed the hard-boiled egg. Finally, she asked
her to sip the coffee.
The daughter smiled, as she tasted its rich flavor.

Her mother explained that each of these objects had
faced the same adversity--boiling water--but each
reacted differently.

The daughter then asked, "What's the point, mother?"

The carrot went in strong, hard and unrelenting.
However, after being subjected to the boiling water,
t 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 a 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 the bean, when
things are at their worst, you get better and change
the situation around you.

When the hours are the darkest and trials are their
greatest, do you elevate to another level? How do you
handle adversity? Are you a carrot, an egg, or a
coffee bean?

Don't tell God how big your storm is...tell the storm
how big your God is!

Don't worry...be happy

You CAN do it.