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One day Tom’s daughter sat down and began to complain to her father that her life was miserable and she just didn’t know how she was going to make it. She was tired of fighting and struggling all the time and it just seemed as one problem was solved another challenge popped up. Tom, an accomplished chef, escorted his daughter to the kitchen. He proceeded to take out three pots and fill them with water placing each pot over a high heat. Looking confused his daughter whispered that she really wasn’t hungry but her dad continued till the water came to boil.
He took out some potatoes, some eggs and some coffee and placed the potatoes in one pot, the eggs in another and the coffee in the third pot. He then let them sit and boil, without saying a word to his daughter. As his daughter mumbled and moaned, waiting impatiently, he let each pot boil for about 20 minutes and then removed them from the stove. He removed the potatoes from the pot and placed them in a bowl. He took the eggs from the second pot and placed them in a separate bowl. Then he ladled the coffee from the pot and put it in a cup.
Turning to his daughter he asked. “What do You see my dear?” To which she replied “potatoes, eggs and coffee Dad”.
“No, look closer and touch the potatoes” so she stuck her finger in the potatoes to note that they were soft. “Now crack open one of the eggs” he said as she cracked and removed the hard shell noting that it had become hard boiled. “Now taste the coffee” to which she smiled as the rich aroma tickled the taste buds.
“What does all this mean Dad” she asked?
He then explained that the potatoes, the eggs and coffee beans had each faced the same adversity-the boiling water. However, each one reacted differently. The potato went in strong, hard and unrelenting, but in boiling water, it became soft and weak. The egg was fragile, with the thin outer shell protecting its liquid interior until it was put in the boiling water. Then the inside of the egg became hard. However, the ground coffee beans were unique. After they were exposed to the boiling water, they changed the water and created something new.
“Which one are you?” he asked his daughter.
“You see, When adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond? Are you a potato, an egg, or a coffee bean? the choice is Yours”
So, whats the moral of the story? In life, things happen around us, things happen to us, but the only thing that truly matters is how you choose to react to it and what you make out of it. Life is all about leaning, adopting and converting all the struggles that we experience into something positive.
Perspective is the vision we all look through when we face adversity and challenge. Life isn’t so much all the things that happen to us but, more importantly, how we react to all the situations that pop up everyday. Or life is all about how we view and react to certain situations and how it effects our outlook on life. Perspective is the difference in living a happy life filled with positive emotions or living a miserable life filled with grief and sadness.
You make the choice on your Perspective and choose how you look at things and situations. With a positive perspective you can see all the good in any situation and find joy in your life. But the opposite is also true, with a negative perspective you will find troubles and focus on the bad of any situation that you experience. Being Happy is a choice and finding joy takes just as much effort as finding sorrow or pain. Dr Wayne Dryer says: “If you change the way you look at things the things you look at change.” Not from their perspective but Yours.
We each have the ability to react to adversity in different ways. Like the potatoes, the eggs and the coffee, we each have a different reaction to a similar adversity we face. Perspective is described as “a particular attitude toward or way of regarding something; a point of view.” So what is Your point of view? How are You looking at the way the Story of Your Life is unfolding? Hopefully you can see all the Good that is written into the story and not focus on the bad. There is Good in every situation if you have the right Perspective to carry the vision.
We see the Good in Everyone and strive to help others understand that they are writing their story, be it bad or good, and they control the pen. Don’t let life control you and guide you in directions that you really don’t want to go. Take life by the horns and grab that pen, write a Positive and Uplifting Story of Success and Wealth. A Story of changing lives and helping others. The past is gone and yesterday is a memory. The future is not here yet so Live in Today and make TODAY the one that counts.
We strive to change lives and improve how people see their own journey through this brief chapter of life. We lift each other UP and show families that there really is a better way, maybe not perfect, Just BETTER!
We would love to have a conversation with YOU about where You Are and where You Really Want to Be! What are Your Goals and Dreams and how can we Help You Get There! You are in control and it’s time for You to take control and give it ALL You Got! Let’s make the next chapter read like an Exciting novel of Success, Travel and Friendships.
If you want to know more about what we do and how we do it, you can always visit our personal site at DeanAndDena.com. Come get to know us and what we are all about. Come see how we might be able to help you change direction and create a Positive Perspective on life. You need a Plan and we can Help!
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Ever Onward, cause that’s how we Roll!
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Dean and Dena
