Facing Adversity

Adversity is something that we all come up against at some point in our lifetime, but it is how we face that adversity that defines us. Here is a short story about how adversity can change us.

A daughter went to see her father, complaining about how miserable her life was and how she didn’t know how she was going to make it through. She was tired of fighting all the time. Her father was a chef. He listened to her talk and then took three pans and filled them with water. He placed all three on to boil. When they were boiling he put potatoes in one pan, eggs in another and ground coffee beans in the last. He let them boil for a while, not saying a word to his daughter.

When they were done, he took the pans off the heat. He put the potatoes in one bowl, the eggs in another and the coffee in a cup.

“What do you see?” he asked his daughter.

“Potatoes, eggs and coffee,” she huffed.

“Look again. Feel the potatoes and the eggs. Taste the coffee,” he said. She touched the potatoes, they were soft. She peeled back the egg shell to find the egg was hard. She sipped the coffee and the taste brought a smile to her face.

“What does this mean?” she asked her father.

“When you face adversity, it affects everyone differently. The boiling water is adversity. When the potatoes faced it they became soft and weak. When the eggs faced it they became hardened. When the coffee beans faced it, they changed and became something new. Which one will you be?”

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