Saturday, October 3, 2009
A Carrot, An Egg, and A Cup of Coffee
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?
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Friday, August 21, 2009
Posted: 20 Aug 2009 04:51 AM PDT
It has been said that standard education will get you jobs, and self-education will make you fortunes. This is no doubt true, and I believe that reading is a key skill necessary to self-education. Statistics say the average CEO in America reads 4-5 books per month while the average American reads 1 book per year! This same statistic goes on to say that 60% of those average Americans don't even get past the first chapter in that one book! You may shrug your shoulders and say – okay big deal – so what? I am not comfortable reading, I gave up reading after school, I am not a reader and why should that bother me?
Whether it should bother you or not is for you to decide - remember breaking through means expanding your comfort zone. I simply share the facts with you. So here is another interesting fact: The average CEO of a Fortune 500 company will earn an average of 536 times the salary of the average employee of the company he runs. This means that the employee of that company will work for a year and a half to equal the salary of the CEO for one day! What an extremely amazing and true statistic! Now, I am not going to suggest to you that the only difference between the CEO and the average employee is that the CEO reads a lot of books and the employee doesn't; however, I will suggest to you that is one of the major differences.
Now, if it is true that knowledge and even reading has a correlation to income, and I believe that it does, then wouldn't it be logical to conclude that it is in our benefit and interest to read?
The human mind is the greatest computer ever created. Nothing in the world will ever compare to it. It is a truly phenomenal machine that, when fed, will respond with results that will astound you. Benjamin Franklin told us that if we take the pennies from our pockets and put them in our heads, our heads will then fill up our pockets once again. This is so true. The person who invests time educating himself will reap a lifetime of extra knowledge, fun and income.
So let's do what Franklin suggested and spend our pennies on books. As we read these books gain more and more knowledge, we'll look back in amazement as our knowledge and quality of life increases. My hope is that it will spark a fire in you to learn even more, and in doing so, develop and use more of your potential. Do this by continually learning and feeding the flames with information, knowledge and action.
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Tuesday, August 4, 2009
THE SEED
He said, "It is time for me to step down and choose the next CEO. I have decided to choose one of you."
The young executives were shocked, but the boss continued. "I am going to give each of you a SEED today - one very special SEED. I want you to plant the seed, water it, and come back here one year from today with what you have grown from the seed I have given you. I will the judge the plants that you bring, and the one I choose will be the next CEO."
One man, named Jim, was there that day and he, like the others, received a seed. He went home and excitedly, told his wife the story. She helped him get a pot, soil and compost and he planted the seed. Everyday he would water it and watch to see if it had grown. After about three weeks, some of the other executives began to talk about their seeds and the plants that were beginning to grow.
Jim kept checking his seed, but nothing ever grew..
Three weeks, four weeks, five weeks went by, still nothing.
By now, the others were talking about their plants, but Jim didn't have a plant and he felt like a failure.
Six months went by -- still nothing in Jim's pot. He just knew he had killed his seed. Everyone else had trees and tall plants, but he had nothing. Jim didn't say anything to his colleagues, however. He just kept watering and fertilizing the soil - He so wanted the seed to grow.
A year finally went by and all the young executives of the company brought their plants to the CEO for inspection.
Jim told his wife that he wasn't going to take an empty pot. But she asked him to be honest about what happened. Jim felt sick to his stomach, it was going to be the most embarrassing moment of his life, but he knew his wife was right. He took his empty pot to the board room. When Jim arrived, he was amazed at the variety of plants grown by the other executives. They were beautiful -- in all shapes and sizes. Jim put his empty pot on the floor and many of his colleagues laughed, a few felt sorry for him!
When the CEO arrived, he surveyed the room and greeted his young executives.
Jim just tried to hide in the back. "My, what great plants, tree, and flowers you have grown," said the CEO. "Today, one of you will be appointed the next CEO!"
All of a sudden, the CEO spotted Jim at the back of the room with his empty pot. He ordered the Financial Director to bring him to the front. Jim was terrified. He thought, "the CEO knows I'm a failure! Maybe he will have me fired!"
When Jim got to the front, the CEO asked him what had happened to his seed - Jim told him the story.
The CEO asked everyone to sit down except Jim. He looked at Jim, and then announced to the young executives, "Behold, your next Chef Executive Officer! His name is Jim!"
Jim couldn't believe it. Jim couldn't even grow his seed.
"How could he be the new CEO?" the others asked.
Then the CEO said, "One year ago today, I gave everyone in this room a seed. I told you to take the seed, plant it, water it, and bring it back to me today. But I gave you all boiled seeds; they were dead - it was not possible for then to grow. All of you, except Jim, have brought me trees and plants and flowers. When you found that the seed would not grow, you substituted another seed for the one I gave you. Jim was the only one with the courage and honesty to bring me a pot with my seed in it. Therefore, he is the one who will be the new Chef Executive Officer!"
IF YOU PLANT HONESTY, YOU WILL REAP TRUST!
IF YOU PLANT GOODNESS, YOU WILL REAP FRIENDS!
IF YOU PLANT HUMILITY, YOU WILL REAP GREATNESS!
IF YOU PLANT PERSEVERANCE, YOU WILL REAP CONTENTMENT!
IF YOU PLANT CONSIDERATION, YOU WILL REAP PERSPECTIVE!
IF YOU PLANT HARD WORK, YOU WILL REAP SUCCESS!
IF YOU PLANT FORGIVENESS, YOU WILL REAP RECONCILIATION!
IF YOU PLANT FAITH, YOU WILL REAP A HARVEST!
SO, BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU PLANT NOW, IT WILL DETERMINE WHAT YOU WILL REAP LATER...
"WHATEVER YOU GIVE TO LIFE, LIFE GIVES YOU BACK!"
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
THE LIST
of the other students in the room on two sheets of paper,
leaving a space between each name.
Then she told them to think of the nicest thing they
could say about each of their classmates and write it
down.
It took the remainder of the class period to finish
their assignment, and as the students left the room,
each one handed in the papers.
That Saturday, the teacher wrote down the name of each
student on a separate sheet of paper, and listed what
everyone else had said about that individual.
On Monday she gave each student his or her list. Before
long, the entire class was smiling. 'Really?' she heard whispered.
'I never knew that I meant anything to anyone!' and,
'I didn't know others liked me so much,' were most
of the comments.
No one ever mentioned those papers in class again. She
never knew if they discussed them after class or with
their parents, but it didn't matter.
The exercise had accomplished its purpose.
The students were happy with themselves and one another.
That group of students moved on.
Several years later, one of the students was killed in
Vietnam and his teacher attended the funeral of that
special student. She had never seen a serviceman in a
military coffin before.
He looked so handsome, so mature.
The church was packed with his friends. One by one
those who loved him took a last walk by the coffin.
The teacher was the last one to bless the coffin
As she stood there, one of the soldiers who acted as
pallbearer came up to her. 'Were you Mark's math
teacher?' he asked. She nodded: 'yes.' Then he said:
'Mark talked about you a lot.'
After the funeral, most of Mark's former classmates
went together to a luncheon..... Mark's mother and
father were there, obviously waiting to speak with
his teacher.
'We want to show you something,' his father said,
taking a wallet out of his pocket 'They found this
on Mark when he was killed. We thought you might
recognize it.'
Opening the billfold, he carefully removed two worn
pieces of notebook paper that had obviously been taped,
folded and refolded many times....... The teacher knew
without looking that the papers were the ones on which
she had listed all the good things each of Mark's class
mates had said about him.
'Thank you so much for doing that,' Mark's mother said.
'As you can see, Mark treasured it.'
All of Mark's former classmates started to gather around.
Charlie smiled rather sheepishly and said, 'I still have
my list. It's in the top drawer of my desk at home.'
Chuck's wife said, 'Chuck asked me to put his in our
wedding album..'
'I have mine too,' Marilyn said. 'It's in my diary'
Then Vicki, another classmate, reached into her pocket
book, took out her wallet and showed her worn and
frazzled list to the group. 'I carry this with me at
all times,' Vicki said and without batting an eyelash,
she continued: 'I think we all saved our lists'
That's when the teacher finally sat down and cried.
She cried for Mark and for all his friends who would
never see him again.
The density of people in society is so thick that we
forget that life will end one day. And we don't know
when that one day will be.
So please, tell the people you love and care for, that
they are special and important... Tell them, before it
is too late.
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
I CHOOSE GOOD!
It can be used for GOOD or BAD.
I have control of my own mind! I Choose Good!
"Recall what has been said about the subconscious mind resembling a fertile garden spot, in which WEEDS will grow in abundance, if the SEEDS of more desirable crops are not sown therein. AUTOSUGGESTION is the agency of control through which an individual may voluntarily FEED his subconscious mind on thoughts of a creative nature, or, by neglect, permit thoughts of a destructive nature to find their way into this rich garden of the mind." (Hill)
I have recently seen the the seed of bitterness grow into hatred, and am seeing the destruction that it is causing in our extended family. I refused to listen to the negativity, so I cut a conversation short. I realize that the people speaking, though loved deeply by Mom and Dad, have said the lies long enough to believe that the opposite is true.
Since I believe that the matter should be left in God's hands and my meddling will not help improve the situation, I will rest in peace. Even though my heart aches, I have faith that God will take care of the matter, because He Says So...
When the children return to communication with us, we will be waiting with open ears to listen and receive them back into fellowship.
The point is: WHATEVER SEED YOU ALLOW TO GROW IN THE FERTILE GARDEN OF YOUR MIND, that is the seed that will produce either GOOD or BAD.
I CHOOSE GOOD!
"Somewhere in your makeup (perhaps in the cells of your brain) there lies, sleeping,THE SEED of ACHIEVEMENT which, if aroused and put into ACTION, would carry you to heights such as you may never have hoped to attain." (Hill)
"Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report, if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, THINK ON THESE THINGS." Philippians 4:8
"Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice. And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you." Ephesians 4:31-32
Thank you for being KIND and forgiving. Your unconditional love shows us how to have unconditional love for others. (A proven duplicatable love)
Debbie Engler
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Throw Out Worrying
I thought it was appropriate as I have been learning how to
concentrate on positive emotions not negative ones.
1. Desire
2. Faith
3. Love
4. Sex
5, Enthusiasm
6. Romance
7. Hope
8. Prosperity
Last Week I threw out Worrying, it was getting old and in the way.
I threw out those Inhibitions; they were just crowding me out.
Made room for my New Growth, got rid of my old dreams and doubts.
I threw out a book on MY PAST(didn't have time to read it anyway).
Replaced it with New Goals, started reading it today.
I threw out hate and bad memories, (remember how I treasured them so)?
Got me a NEW PHILOSOPHY too, threw out the one from long ago.
Brought in some new books too, called I CAN, I WILL, AND I MUST.
Threw out I might, I think and I ought, WOW, You should've see the dust.
I ran across an OLD FRIEND, haven't seen him in a while.
HIS NAME IS JESUS, Yes, I really like His Style.
He helped me to do some cleaning, and added some things Himself.
Like PRAYER, HOPE, AND FAITH, Yes, I placed them right on the shelf.
I picked up the special thing and placed it at the front door.
I FOUND IT – it's called PEACE. Nothing gets me down anymore.
Yes, I've got my house looking nice. Looks good around the place.
For things like Worry and Trouble, there just isn't any place.
It's good to do a little house cleaning, get rid of the old things on the shelf.
It sure makes things brighter;
maybe you should TRY IT YOURSELF.
BE BLESSED AND BE A BLESSING TO SOMEONE ELSE!!!!
The eight negative emotions to avoid are: 1. Fear
3. Hatred
4. Revenge
5. greed
6. Superstition
7. Anger
8. Lack
Concentrate on the positive emotions and you will
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Wednesday, June 3, 2009
The sixth sense defies description!
It has also been referred to as the 'receiving set' through which ideas, plans, and thoughts flash into the mind. The 'flashes' are sometimes called 'hunches' or 'inspirations.' "
"The sixth sense defies description! It cannot be described to a person who has not mastered the other principles of this philosophy, because such a person has no knowledge, and no experience with which the sixth sense may be compared. Understanding of the sixth sense comes only by meditation through mind development from within. The sixth sense probably is the medium of contact between the finite mind of man and Infinite Intelligence, and for this reason, it is a mixture of both the mental and the spiritual. It is believed to be the point at which the mind of man contacts the Universal Mind."
I feel compelled at this point to share a Miracle that has happened to someone I know. Miracle = Something only God can do
Several weeks ago, a former assistant pastor of our church, was diagnosed with leukemia. He had been very sick and the white blood count was very high. Thousands of people lifted his name up in prayer to the God of the universe. He also had a unwavering faith in God and witnessed of his belief to all around him. He said, "God is painting a picture, I just can't see it yet."
Of course, the doctors prescribed chemo therapy, which made him even sicker! He spent a miserable two-three weeks in the hospital.
Yesterday, the doctors checked his blood again, and did not find any trace of leukemia (or high white blood count), so they said he could go home today. God has created our bodies with the awesome ability to heal itself if given proper nutrition. Above that, despite what the doctors do or prescribe, God is still the Great Physician.
The doctors can't explain it. I believe God healed him. God does hear and answer prayers. This is part of my FAITH.
Debbie Engler
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