A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held up a sign which said: "I am blind, please help." There were only a few coins in the hat.
A man was walking by. He took a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat. He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words. He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by would see the new words.
Soon the hat began to fill up. Alot more people were giving money to the blind boy.
That afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see how things were. The boy recognised his footsteps and asked, "Were you the one who changed my sign this morning? What did you write?" The man said, "I only wrote the truth. I said what you said but in a different way. "I wrote: 'Today is a beautiful day; but I cannot see it.'"
Both signs told people that the boy was blind. But the first sign simply said the boy was blind. The second sign reminded people how fortunate they were to have their sight.
Should we be surprised that the second sign was more effective?
Moral of the Story: Be thankful for what you have. Be creative with what you don't have. Be innovative beyond your seemingly limits. Think differently and positively! When life gives you a 100 reasons to cry, show life that you have 1000 reasons to smile. Face your past without regret. Handle your present with confidence. Prepare for the future without fear. Keep the faith and drop the fear.
It's a beautiful thing to see a person smiling, But even more beautiful is knowing that you are the reason for the smile! Faith is not about everything turning out OK, Faith is about being OK no matter how things turn out.
Inspired by Me most Adorable Boss
#Be SOLinspired!
It is okay not to know. In fact, it is much better to admit you don't know than to pretend you do.
Accept that you don't know what will happen; Then embrace all that happen as it unfolds.
Ignorance is an opportunity to learn, to experience, to see what is truly there rather than what you merely think is there. When you stop denying your ignorance you start allowing your enlightenment.
Authentic genius arises from sincere humility. Let go of the fantasy that you have all the answers and you'll begin to actually find some.
In knowledge and wisdom there are many possibilities, but in Mystery there are infinitely more.
Allow the mystery, with confidence. And discover a whole new beautiful world of light.
#Be SOLinspired!
When life seems difficult, it’s because you are comparing the way things are to how good you know they can be. That’s actually a good thing, because it connects you with your positive expectations.
So each time you encounter what feels like difficulty, remind yourself to also notice your positive expectations and possibilities. Let that feeling of difficulty lead to a feeling of empowerment.
Have faith and know, without a doubt, that things can be better! With that alone, you are just one step away from beginning to make things better.
Yes, you could choose to become dismayed about the difficulties. Yet a much more powerful choice is to become excited about the positive possibilities. "The power of choice"
The challenges and difficulties can give you something very valuable. They can give you specific ways to make a positive difference.
When life seems difficult, respond with gratitude and enthusiasm. Then get busy transforming those difficulties into positive, meaningful value.
#Be SOLinspired!
"You are perfect" Despite how flawed you think you are, Despite what opinions have told you, Despite how many mistakes you may have made. It still doesn't change the fact that "YOU ARE PERFECT".
Perfection isn't living a mistake free life, it's understanding that your mistakes was you going through the process of becoming better. Failure doesn't mean it won't work, it just means there's a better way to make it happen.
In my struggles, I know lies the seeds of my success (same applies to you Champ), if it wasn't for my "falls", I definitely will not have been able to stand strong. My Failures are merely an opportunity for growth.
You will never learn the importance of making a good shot, if you didn't miss a few rounds. Just because you hit some brick walls on your way to the top doesn't mean you have come to the end of the road…there will always be a leading path on the other side of that wall, you just got to be willing to go through it, to get to it.
Don't let the struggles break you, don't let the mistakes weigh you down, don't let the failures hold you back. You may have made a mistake, but don't let the mistake make you, you may have experienced defeat, but don't let yourself get beat down by making a permanent decision out of a temporary situation.
Let this be the day you reignite the flames of perfection. Let today, be the day you decide to put God in the driving sit of your life, because Nobody knows; your heart, your circumstance, your past, your relationship, your struggles, your pain, your hopes, your dreams, your purpose, your flaws, your failures, your mistakes and your future like Him. And anything under Gods control can never be out of control.
#Be SOLinspired!
The fear of failure is also the fear of success. If you hold yourself back due to fear of failure then you will be cut off from the possibility of success.
Achievement requires effort, and effort often results in disappointment. Yet that is really not such a bad thing.
In fact, disappointment does not have to hurt you or even slow you down. Instead of making a big deal about it, you can choose to continue making your way forward.
With no risk, there is no reward. Take the risk, make the effort, get past the disappointments, and work your way to the rewards.
Don't seek failure, but don't fear it either. Act with confidence, knowing each failure that may come will bring you closer to success.
Instead of worrying that you might encounter disappointment, put your energy, awareness and effort into doing what you can do. Even when you get it wrong, keep going, and before long you'll have it right.
#Be SOLinspired!
Your greatest weakness can become your biggest advantage, if you choose to make it so. Your biggest problem can become your most valuable and promising opportunity, if you choose to make it so.
What ultimately matters most is not what life gives you or withholds from you. What ultimately matters most is what you choose to do with it.
In life many things are out of our control, and complaining or begging or wishing for them to be different is only a waste of our time. What you can control is what you do with it all, and by exercising that control you'll find limitless positive possibilities.
Yes, you can absolutely transform a difficult, challenging day into a highly empowering day. The first step is making the choice to do so.
Once you make that commitment, you are entirely capable of finding a way. Once you make that commitment, you connect yourself with a very real pathway to success.
Your life can be enormously fulfilling, no matter what. Its up to you to make the choice, again and again, to make it so.
Be Great, Be limitless....
#Be SOLinspired!
Imagine that what you seek is already yours. Because it is!
What you authentically seek is already yours to envision, to express and to fulfill. What you seek is connected to you, and your task is to follow that connection.
Your sincere, honest desire begins the process of fulfillment. Follow that desire, stay on the path, and you create that fulfillment.
At the core of your being, at the center of your essence, nothing can stop you from being the way you choose to be. Real fulfillment is yours when you allow yourself to live it.
What you seek, what will fulfill you, is there all the time. Live your life in such a way that you allow it to fill your experience and your world.
You don't have to beg or wish or steal or strive for what you seek. With your thoughts, your words, your actions and your priorities, let it be, and it will be yours.
Hmmmmm' Ralph always nails it!
#Be SOLinspired!
Great day Champ!
Inspiring thoughts in the words of yet another great Nigerian mind Adeseye.
"The day a child is born; some come with a frown, others adorn the disposition of a crown, male or female they lay, tight fisted but greeted with grace. Some come pale,others laced with a smiling face.
But you! Yea you Champ!!...didn't only come laced with a smiling face, you brought along a Grace;one which is not of a clown, but one of royalty which is depicted by a crown.
Sometimes life may treat you, like you dont have a lane, but listen!! On a straight plane you can gracefully draft and find your God given place. But that's only if you give a plain and critical thought to what lies ahead; that's when you'll find your Plateau, rather than a mere Plane....Be solinspired!"
Hmmmmn Great thought!
#Be SOLinspired!
© Adeseye
Really inspiring thought In the words of a great Nigerian mind Eizu Uwaoma.
"I get around, by the nature of what we do at Hexavia, I interface daily with a lot of people spread across different age brackets. And everyday I see 20 years old men and 40 years old boys. And I've come to agree that there's a big difference between growing old and growing up. Growing old is compulsory but growing up is optional.
Weigh your options.
Its optional to take responsibility of your action, its optional to be excellent and not to make excuses,its optional to take advantage of the 3C's; These are the power of Chance, Choice and Change, its optional to grow, its optional to understand *The power of now*
Its optional to grow. Right now, you're the oldest you've ever been and the youngest you'd ever be. The time is ticking, so fast. Are you living 365 days in a year, or a day 365 times?
Make today count.
In the words of the Poet, John Burrough, he says "you may return to the place of your birth, but you can not return to your youth". You can return to the place you spent your yesterday but you cannot return to yesterday. You are here now, its the guaranteed time you have, make good use of it, for someday you will not be able to return here. The Power of Now.
All you have guaranteed is now. Take your chances for opportunities multiplies only as they are seized.
Seize today to be at your best and see your opportunities multiply."
#Be SOLinspired!
©Eizu Uwaoma for Hexavia
www.hexavia.net
For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation (2 Corinthians6:2)
Some people are either regretting the failures of yesterday or fretfully dreading the challenges of tomorrow. But God doesn't live in your yesterday; His name is "I AM," not "I WAS" or "I WILL BE."
Hebrews 11:1 says, "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." Faith is now; and without faith it's impossible to please God (Hebrews
11:6).
The life of faith is not about yesterday or tomorrow; it's about today! Faith works now. It's your response to God and His Word—NOW. So, instead of having regrets about the past, or worrying about the future, focus on today! Ask yourself, "What do I want to achieve now?" That's what matters. Make the best of your today.
Regrets of yesterday and fears of tomorrow are enemies of today's happiness. It doesn't matter that yesterday's assessments of you weren't favourable; that was yesterday and it's gone. Focus your attention on God's Word to you now.
Meditate on His truth about your personality and identity in Christ, and not on the failures of the past or the fears of tomorrow. A businessman who says for example, "I know my proposal won't be approved," has already voiced his fears of tomorrow.
God doesn't triumph in your fears; He triumphs instead in your faith. Instead of anticipating tomorrow's failures or the negative response you may get from people, choose to be positive and happy about today; make the day a success.
When Elijah met with the Lord on Mount Horeb, God asked him: "What are you doing here, Elijah?" (1 Kings 19:9). It didn't matter where he had been or where he was going; God was concerned about his current location.
Today counts; so make a move to be your best today. Tomorrow only belongs to those who take a hold of today, because, today is the springboard for tomorrow.
CONFESSION
I'm a success, a victor, and a winner today. I'm seizing the moment and living to my full potentials in Christ, fully at rest and assured of victory because the greater One who lives in me pilots me triumphantly today.
Halleluiah!
#Be SOLinspire!
©LOVEWORLD INC.
A striking Hexavian tale of; The Traveller, The Tourist, The Tour Guide and The Travel Agent
Life is like a journey and you can move in it either as a traveller, a tourist, a tour guide or a travel agent.
But the big question is, Which one are you?
The TRAVELLER?
Travellers have purpose and a destination, they most times get there.
The TOURIST?
Tourists are just in motion with no specific purpose (just like a lot of people, "anything goes"), enjoying or "managing" whatever the ride brings.
The TOUR GUIDE?
Tour guides, just escorts others. Sometime their failures, knowledge and experience is nothing but signposts for others.
The TRAVEL AGENT?
Travel agents, do not even really travel at all. They just comfortably stay in a position, subconsciously helping others get to their destination.
Everyday as we move, we are all in a state of becoming. But which one, The Traveller, The Tourist, The Tour Guide or The Travel Agent?
Now that's something for you to really think about Champ!
#Be SOLinspired!
©Hexavia
The action of turning something aside from its course
-Oxford Dictionary
The act of diverting or turning aside, as from a course or purpose
-Dictionary.com
Those "seemingly" interesting detours on our path to Greatness
-SOLtots........
Champ! It's easy to distract yourself with all sorts of meaningless diversions, but it's much better to challenge yourself to create meaningful value.
Diversions can be interesting, informative and enjoyable, and they certainly have their place. But don't let them steal large chunks of your life away from you.
If no one, including yourself, benefits from what you're doing, it's time to change what you're doing. Make the choice to value your time by making the choice to get real value from it.
You are worthy of the very best in life. So step away from the meaningless diversions, and work to create the very best, most fulfilling moments, days, months and years.
Be curious, filled with wonder, and open to all the beauty that life has to offer. At the same time, be continuously purposeful and focused on creating meaningful value.
Life is amazing. Make the most of every opportunity to make it even more so.
#Be SOLinspired!
©Ralph Marston
So live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart. Trouble no one about their religion;respect others in their view, and demand that they respect yours. Love your life, perfect your life, beautify all things in your life. Seek to make your life long and its purpose in the service of your people. Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide.
Always give a word or a sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend, even a stranger, when in a lonely place. Show respect to all people and grovel to none.
When you arise in the morning give thanks for the food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies only in yourself. Abuse no one and no thing, for abuse turns the wise ones to fools and robs the spirit of its vision.
When it comes your time to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with the fear of death, so that when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way. Sing your death song and die like a hero going home.
#Be SOLinspired!
It's not about what happened to you, it's rather about how what happened changed you. Did you grow from the hurt or did you give up?
Your pain can either be your oppressor or it can be the fuel that propels you into the reality of your true destiny.
You can't undo the mistakes of your past but you can make sure that what happened in your past doesn't happen in your future; You don't have to let your past mistakes make you feel like your tomorrow doesn't stand a chance, "usually, the winner of a fight walks away bruised too" So don't let the wounds and scares dealt to you by life trick you into believing that you lost the battle; you may have been knocked down, but you are definitely not knocked out, you may have been bruised, but you should certainly not give up; It's not about where life takes you, its about finding your way back; You got to be resilient. There's more strength inside of you than you credit yourself for.
You've got to learn to draw STRENGTH from WITHIN!
Its time to create your own fairy tale; its time to write your own happy ending; You shouldn't fit into anyone's definition of happiness, you've got to define happiness in your own words.
This truly is your week! So be fearles, be brave, be humble, be confident...be the flame that ignites change! Set the fire from within.
#Be SOLinspired!
Now is the time to make that change you always desired; Now is the time to put that great potential of yours to work; Now is the time to impact the world around you for good; Now is the time to leave your foot prints on the sands of time; Now is that very time to do and be all that you have been empowered to be. There's is no better day to be great than today, there is no better time to leave your mark than now.
Most times in life, our biggest regrets are usually not for the things we did, but for the things we know we could have done but failed to do; the love we know we could have shown to others but failed to show, the smiles we know we could have left on the faces of the ones that crossed our path, but didn't make happen.
Don't let your lack of action cause you to live in regrets. Its time to make your life count. You got to stop letting fear hold you back, its time to step out in boldness and be the solution the world needs.
Don't let tomorrow hold you back, because tomorrow is not always guaranteed! You got to make today count; why wait to act tomorrow when you have today.
You don't have until tomorrow to become that person you have always wanted to be; Your Greatest Moment is Now! Your best time is Now! Take advantage of today. The world can actually be a better place because of you. This is your week Champ!
#Be SOLinspired!
Do me a favour Champ. Starting from now, just let it Be.
Please be all you can be.
Be happy, be grateful, for every week alive is a reason enough to be happy and to add value to yourself and others in your own way. This weekend, be the real you, be "younique". Be positive, be the difference.
Be conscious of your heart, your attitude, your choice and actions. Be aware, be more in the present. Be at peace with yourself and others. Be known for something with a real worth. Be a value. Be a solutions to problems, not problems to solutions. This weekend, Don't walk around with a face that looks like a "no", be exciting, be a yes!
This weekend, be strategic. Be the lead, be a leader of yourself and for others, lead d way. Be close enough to relate to others, but be far enough ahead to lead and motivate them.
This weekend, be aware, begin to understand how people think. Understand the act of control, the mental weakening by seduction, the skill of negotiation, the law of attraction, the charisma of swag, the effect of branding, the work, the effortless delivery of results into the scales of economy. Know the moves of business, the play of politics, the principles of power, the HexavianLawsofBusiness, the brilliance of aura, the curse of ignorance, the bliss of ignoring, the core of religion, the depth of divinity and value. The true concept of life.
This weekend, be in alignment with the connections of realms and the presence of the divine. Know the thoughts of philosophy, the best use of technology, the role of psychology, the skills of mastery, and the art of influence.
This weekend, be professional. Be in growth, be like us, be with us, be at your best, be Hexavian!
#Be SOLinspired!
© Eizu Uwaoma for the Hexavian Team!
www.hexavia.net
Dear Champ! Its time to set aside all those preconceived notions about who you are. Each of us is free to reinvent ourselves as often as we would like. Regardless of the negative things people may have said about you and made you believe about yourself, you still got to believe in yourself rather than the weak opinions of others.
Your life won't change until you give it permission to change, your life won't become better until you decide to let it become better; you must determine in your heart not to listen to the voices of self-limitation and fear as they whisper to you, there are possibilities available to you beyond what you can conceive.
Don't give up on your dreams, because you have been told it cannot become a reality; Don't shut down your dreams before you even give them a chance of becoming the reality you have always thought about; Don't shut down your dreams because you do not know how to make it become the reality you always hoped for.
I know there may be questions in your heart, as they are in mine; we all have them. But when we hold questions in our hearts, we are always bound to find the answers.
Its time to bring your dream into focus and eventually to manifest your dream. Don't give up on yourself, cos the best of you is yet to come Champ!
#Be SOLinspired!
In the words of Ralph Marston "To achieve exceptional results, take exceptional action. Get in the habit of quickly taking action, and you'll get used to seeing your goals and dreams quickly taking shape.
The way you make use of your time determines the way your life unfolds. When you hold your time in the highest regard, you'll reach your highest level of performance and fulfillment.
You have plenty of time to create plenty of success and achievement. Simply make full and effective use of each moment just as soon as it comes to you.
Taking exceptional action does not require any special skill. It's simply a matter of choosing to make enthusiastic and persistent use of the skills you have.
You can choose to waste a good portion of each day on things that don't really matter. Or, you can choose to fill your day with committed, effective action that's focused on achieving your goals.
The choice is always yours to make. Go ahead, choose to take exceptional action, and enjoy a truly exceptional life"
Hmmmmn....
#Be SOLinspired!
We're going to be playing a game today so capture your mind for some minutes and Imagine that you had won a promotional contest with your bank and each morning upon awakening, your account is credited with $86,400 for that day, for your private use, under the following conditions:
1. Everything that you didn't spend during each day would be taken away from you.
2. You cannot simply transfer money into some other account. You can only spend it.
3. The bank can end the game without warning, at any time. And close the account and you will not
receive a new one.
What would you personally do, with all that cash?
Would you buy anything and everything you wanted right away? Not only for yourself, but for all people you love, even for people you don't know, because you couldn't possibly spend it all on yourself in a day, right?
You would try to spend every cent, and use it all?
Okay back to REALITY! What if I tell you that this game is actually our every day story?
YES!
Each of us is in possession of such a magical bank.
We just can't seem to see it.
The magical bank is called *T I M E
- Each morning we awaken to receive 86,400 seconds as a gift of life,
- And when we go to sleep at night or during the day, any remaining time is not credited to us. What we haven't lived up that day is forever lost.
- Yesterday is forever gone.
- Each morning the account is refilled. But time can end this gift of life and your account dissolved at any time WITHOUT WARNING .....
SO, what will YOU do with your 86,400 seconds?
Those seconds are worth so much more than the same amount in dollars or its equivalent in naira. So spend wisely and live life to the fullest!
#Be SOLinspired!
Title inspired by Me cutest Dums "Emejaz"
What is it that you really want to do? What is your own special dream that you want to live out? Do you believe your life is going to be a masterpiece like the Michelangelo's David, or is it some smudged finger painting?
Ultimately it begins with a choice. It begins with a decision that no matter what, you are going to live your life as a work of art.
Michelangelo said that David was already in the block of Marble before he started carving. All he did was to chip away the marble that was imprisoning the sculpture allowing David to be born. So too is it with Your own life. You have a special inbuilt potential to be something truly wonderful, something magnificent. All it takes is two very important things: a dream and actions.
Every thought you think and every one of your actions is like a brush stoke on the canvas of our lives. To live your life as a work of art it is first necessary to have a clear idea of what it is that you really want to do, and then make the commitment that no matter what, you will take the necessary steps to achieve this dream.
Sadly, most people only know what they don't want to do. They are so busy, so caught up in living their day to day existence, that they are unable to take the time to really think about what they want to be doing. We all need a special dream to spur us on towards actions. It all begins with a dream. Your dream. What is it ?
Knowing what your dream is, is the beginning of living your life as a magnificent work of art. So take the time, think about it. Once you truly know what you really want to do, actions follow, until before you know it, your dream is taking shape all around you.
So take some time over this week as you prepare to get into the new month, to think about what it is that you really want to be doing. Truly ask yourself, are you doing it now? If your answer is no, then you must ask your self why not?
Fill your life with Love, Happiness and Tranquility..
#Be SOLinspired!
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Dear friend! Hope you know you are a champion! Born to win, created to succeed; But if you must become one of life's true champions you have to deliberately plan and prepare for it."Rome they say in truth; wasn't built in a day" but bricks were laid by the day, so stop depending on time and stop waiting for tomorrow because all you have is now! Its time to develop the attitude and mindset of a true champion; winners train until they can win; true champions train until they cannot fail. Every Champion hate to lose more than they love to win, they don't wait for chances, they take them. Its time to tell yourself you are through hiding from your fears, its time to tell yourself you are through letting your failures get the best part of you; Failure defeats losers, but it inspires champions. You may not be the strongest, you may not be the smartest, you may not even be the most skilled, But you just have to keep moving yourself forward; Soon you will leap over the final hurdle and land right at your finish lines; Strength doesn't come from doing the things you can do. It comes from overcoming the things you couldn't do. Its time to stand up, its time to step out and go be that true Champion you were created to be. Your world awaits you!
#Be SOLinspired!
Stop saying "I don't want this life" when you keep living the same life you say you don't want; A decision gives you the ability to change your life, but without action the decision means nothing!
Stop sacrificing your future on the alter of your past; Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but everyone can take a decision to start a new today and create a new tomorrow; It's up to you!
Stop giving the "impossible" an undeserved credit; Impossibility exist only in the mind; Don't be defeated by your thoughts when your ability can conquer the situation!
Stop letting the fear of failing keep you from succeeding; It is Impossible to catch your dreams if you keep running away from your fears; No reward comes without a risk, No success comes without a try and No victory comes without a fight! Be Bold!
Stop saying "No" to your dreams just because the opportunity isn't dressed up like you thought it would! Everyday is a race and the only person that can stop you from reaching your "finish lines" in life is YOU!
Just stop! And remember you have a great coach in God! Follow Him.
#Be SOLinspired!
One day you're 17 and planning for someday and then quietly without you ever really noticing, someday is today and then someday is yesterday, and this is your life!
#Be SOLinspired!
Go placidly amidst the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexatious to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain and bitter; for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs; for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals; and everywhere life is full of heroism.
Be yourself. Especially, do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is as perennial as the grass.
Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth. Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be, and whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul. With all its shams, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful.
Strive to be happy. And,
#Be SOLinspired!
The rest of your life is a long time and whether you know it or not it's being shaped right now. You can choose to blame your circumstances on fate or bad luck or bad choices or you can fight back. Things aren't always going to be fair in the real world, that's just the way it is but for the most part you get what you give. Let me ask you all a question. What's worse: not getting everything you wished for or getting it but finding out it's not enough? The rest of your life is being shaped right now with the dreams you chase, the choices you make and the person you decide to be. The rest of your life is a long time and the rest of your life starts right now"
#Be SOLinspired!
Courtesy One Tree Hill
Sup e peoples!! Was browsing through a some posts on a facebook Group , and I found something that I think y'all got to hook wit...Read and be SOLinspired!
This is a story about a carrot, an egg and a cup of coffee
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?
May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you 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 send 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.
May we all be COFFEE! Gudmornin!!
A lot of people talk about change, but only a few actually work at it. It’s about that time of the year when you need to sit back and take a very good look at the man or woman you have become over the years and decided to make changes where necessary; No matter how bad or how disappointing you think your life has been over the years, I have news for you; You can still Make a Fresh Start; It’s time to stop complaining and start changing; You can’t keep expecting a different result from the same situations, when you let your actions stay the same. Its time to make a decision to move your life forward, Its time to get real with yourself, Its time to re-evaluate your life and make positive changes, where necessary. You are not going to have better, if you fail to do better; Your life can never be better by coincidence, Becoming better takes a conscious and deliberate effort. Decide to be better today; Where you are today is a collection of your past decisions; It’s up to you to decide where your life will eventually end up! Its about that time when you have to decide how you want your life to be in this new year and commit yourself to making it happen. Don’t let your failures trick you into believing that your life is over, Don’t let the disappointments you faced make you believe all hope is lost, Don’t let your past mistakes keep you in shackles. You need to free yourself from everything that’s holding you down and move on to your future with a positive mind-set. Your past is just a memory to learn from, a step to build on, but not a path to return to! Break free and stay free; You can make a fresh start today, Your life can be better, Don’t let no one tell you different;
Happy New You!
#Be SOLinspired! This 2013!!
