yenz here,i am to make the blog alive (:
this 2story i post before on ea2 blog (:,those who in ea2 ,will see this again(:
this 2story actually is @ my last year english blog , i copy and post @ here(:
TWO SEEDS
Two seeds lay side by side in the fertile soil.
The first seed said, "I want to grow! I want to send my roots deep into the soil
beneath me, and thrust my sprouts through the earth's crust above me ... I want
to unfurl my tender buds like banners to announce the arrival of spring ... I want
to feel the warmth of the sun on my face and the blessing of the morning dew on
my petals!"And so she grew...
The second seed said, "Hmmmm. If I send my roots into the ground below, I don't
know what I will encounter in the dark. If I push my way through the hard soil
above me I may damage my delicate sprouts ... what if I let my buds open and a
snail tries to eat them? And if I were to open my blossoms, a small child may pull me
from the ground. No, it is much better for me to wait until it is safe."And so she
waited...A yard hen scratching around in the early spring ground for food found the waiting seed and promptly ate it.
Live your life as a coffee bean would
No one says that life is a bed of roses. We all know that it comes with its fair share
of trials and tribulations.
However, our focus need not just be on the problems.
Solutions are at hand on most occasions, but are not necessarily always easy to
find. Tackling these situations armed with a positive mindset is by far the best
recommended course of action.
Exhibiting a dejected aura is a sure-fire path to grief - akin to admitting defeat
when the battle has not even begun
Personally,I cannot fathom why there are people out there who prefer to see the glass as half-empty rather than half-full. These are the same types who are already anxiously waiting for the worst before anything happens to them.
I am reminded a story told to me by a colleague recently about a young woman who went to her mother and told her how hard her life was and that she wasn't sure if she was going to make it through. She was tired of struggling and was on the verge of giving up. Her mother took her to the kitchen, filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fame.
She then placed carrots into the first, eggs into the second and ground coffee beans in the third. After twenty minutes of silence and just watching the contents boil, she turned off the burners.
She fished the carrots and eggs out and placed them into separate bowls. She then ladled the coffee into a large mug. The mother handed the first bowl to her daugher and asked her to feel the carrots, She did and noted they were soft. The mother then asked her daughter to take an egg and break it. She did and, after peeling off the shell, handed her mother a hard-boiled egg.
Finally, the mother then asked her to sip the coffee. The daughter smiled as she tasted its rich flavour and then asked: "What does it mean, mother?"
Her mother explained that each of these objects had undergone the same "trial" - being boiled in water. Each reacted differently. The carrot went in strong, hard and relenting, but come out softened and weak. The fagile egg, with its liquid interior, become hardened after the ordeal.
The ground coffee beans, however, were unique. After they were steeped in the boiling water, they started to change the consistency of the liquid. She then went on to ask her daughter: "When adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg, or a coffee bean?"
You may want to ponder these questions: Am I the carrot that seems strong, but who, with pain and affliction, wilts, becomes soft and loses my strength? Or am I the egg that starts with a malleable heart and a fluid spirit, but after a death, break-up or a financial crisis, becomes somewhat hardened? Or am I like the coffee bean? The bean actually changes the boiling water, the very circumstances that bring it pain. It releases its fragrant aroma and flavour within those adverse conditions.
If you are like the bean, then when things are at their worst, you get better and change the situation around you. When the hour is at its darkest, you elevate yourself positively to a whole new level.
I'd like to encourage you to take a tip from this story: go forth and live life like a coffee bean .
i wan share how great is God in my life.
think most of u all dunno , i keep skipping school for like 2term
after june untill end of year exam than i go back school
end of year results come out , i was sad abt my eoy result
but i really thank God tat i never retain , i from like in the top 10 i drop untill 27...
it can show tat my result drop alot
but my friends , my classmates is like asking me ,
why u never come school still can pass ar?, and result so good etc
bcos God is with me (: yeah
share something here from the ea traning class(:
i am in the class of SOW (:
we should always have the right attitude when we evaxing,
perseverence , ppl tend to reject you alot of time etc maybe some of us will like give up ?
we should perseverence,
and SOW there is no shortcut samething it apply to our spiritual life too, HAHA(:
just not long ago, we got evaxing right ? God bless with contact tat will reply,
even contact saying she wan to receive Jesus (: contact, who are christian even wan to visit our church (:
this 2story i post before on ea2 blog (:,those who in ea2 ,will see this again(:
this 2story actually is @ my last year english blog , i copy and post @ here(:
TWO SEEDS
Two seeds lay side by side in the fertile soil.
The first seed said, "I want to grow! I want to send my roots deep into the soil
beneath me, and thrust my sprouts through the earth's crust above me ... I want
to unfurl my tender buds like banners to announce the arrival of spring ... I want
to feel the warmth of the sun on my face and the blessing of the morning dew on
my petals!"And so she grew...
The second seed said, "Hmmmm. If I send my roots into the ground below, I don't
know what I will encounter in the dark. If I push my way through the hard soil
above me I may damage my delicate sprouts ... what if I let my buds open and a
snail tries to eat them? And if I were to open my blossoms, a small child may pull me
from the ground. No, it is much better for me to wait until it is safe."And so she
waited...A yard hen scratching around in the early spring ground for food found the waiting seed and promptly ate it.
Live your life as a coffee bean would
No one says that life is a bed of roses. We all know that it comes with its fair share
of trials and tribulations.
However, our focus need not just be on the problems.
Solutions are at hand on most occasions, but are not necessarily always easy to
find. Tackling these situations armed with a positive mindset is by far the best
recommended course of action.
Exhibiting a dejected aura is a sure-fire path to grief - akin to admitting defeat
when the battle has not even begun
Personally,I cannot fathom why there are people out there who prefer to see the glass as half-empty rather than half-full. These are the same types who are already anxiously waiting for the worst before anything happens to them.
I am reminded a story told to me by a colleague recently about a young woman who went to her mother and told her how hard her life was and that she wasn't sure if she was going to make it through. She was tired of struggling and was on the verge of giving up. Her mother took her to the kitchen, filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fame.
She then placed carrots into the first, eggs into the second and ground coffee beans in the third. After twenty minutes of silence and just watching the contents boil, she turned off the burners.
She fished the carrots and eggs out and placed them into separate bowls. She then ladled the coffee into a large mug. The mother handed the first bowl to her daugher and asked her to feel the carrots, She did and noted they were soft. The mother then asked her daughter to take an egg and break it. She did and, after peeling off the shell, handed her mother a hard-boiled egg.
Finally, the mother then asked her to sip the coffee. The daughter smiled as she tasted its rich flavour and then asked: "What does it mean, mother?"
Her mother explained that each of these objects had undergone the same "trial" - being boiled in water. Each reacted differently. The carrot went in strong, hard and relenting, but come out softened and weak. The fagile egg, with its liquid interior, become hardened after the ordeal.
The ground coffee beans, however, were unique. After they were steeped in the boiling water, they started to change the consistency of the liquid. She then went on to ask her daughter: "When adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg, or a coffee bean?"
You may want to ponder these questions: Am I the carrot that seems strong, but who, with pain and affliction, wilts, becomes soft and loses my strength? Or am I the egg that starts with a malleable heart and a fluid spirit, but after a death, break-up or a financial crisis, becomes somewhat hardened? Or am I like the coffee bean? The bean actually changes the boiling water, the very circumstances that bring it pain. It releases its fragrant aroma and flavour within those adverse conditions.
If you are like the bean, then when things are at their worst, you get better and change the situation around you. When the hour is at its darkest, you elevate yourself positively to a whole new level.
I'd like to encourage you to take a tip from this story: go forth and live life like a coffee bean .
i wan share how great is God in my life.
think most of u all dunno , i keep skipping school for like 2term
after june untill end of year exam than i go back school
end of year results come out , i was sad abt my eoy result
but i really thank God tat i never retain , i from like in the top 10 i drop untill 27...
it can show tat my result drop alot
but my friends , my classmates is like asking me ,
why u never come school still can pass ar?, and result so good etc
bcos God is with me (: yeah
share something here from the ea traning class(:
i am in the class of SOW (:
we should always have the right attitude when we evaxing,
perseverence , ppl tend to reject you alot of time etc maybe some of us will like give up ?
we should perseverence,
and SOW there is no shortcut samething it apply to our spiritual life too, HAHA(:
just not long ago, we got evaxing right ? God bless with contact tat will reply,
even contact saying she wan to receive Jesus (: contact, who are christian even wan to visit our church (: