When the distraught woman told her that her husband had cheated on her, the grandmother handled it quite well.
Life can be difficult at times, and in order to feel less alone, we often need to face our problems and confide in the people we love and trust.
A woman’s whole life fell apart when she discovered her spouse was having an extramarital affair. She went to talk to her grandmother and explain everything.
In response, the elderly woman said, “Come with me into the kitchen and watch.” There, she put an egg, a carrot, and some coffee beans to three pots that were nearly full of boiling water.
Despite her perplexity, the woman’s grandmother told her to be patient. Soon afterward, she gave her granddaughter instructions to take the carrot out of the water and explain how the water affected the vegetable.
The granddaughter said that while it hardened the egg, it made the carrot’s root weaker. The third pot’s coffee beans were the ones who changed the water.
Then, in order to determine which one she was, the grandmother asked her to select between the coffee beans, the carrot, and the egg. Occasionally, overcoming obstacles in life helps us become softer, more tolerant, and more adaptive. Sometimes it strengthens and fortifies us.
However, if we choose to be coffee beans, we make every effort to develop ourselves and change the environment to suit us. We resist letting other influences have an impact on us.
The woman learned something very useful that day.
