Are you a carrot, an egg, or a coffee bean?

My rendition of an old story about dealing with adversity

[clarasieare]

Thank u very much! This is so very helpful 🥰

[pamelagreene-baker]

I actually see something different.. The CARROT starts out hard yet with the boiled water ( adversity) becomes soft/ mushy. OR. can the
CARROT interpretation of soft/mushy actually be that of more flexible, compassionate, understanding". Due to the adversity that CARROT is now in
a position to be benevolent or merciful..., humanity. The EGG starts out with with a soft fluid body inside protected with a hard shell) yet with boiled
water ( adversity)it becomes hard inside and sometimes with a cracked shell seen as callous, hard, and cynical, . OR..., can the EGG also be interpreted
as " coming out the shell to be stronger, wiser, or tougher to take charge or able to hold things together" . The COFFEE BEAN is unique as it is the only
one of the useful.. If no boiled water than no TRUE flow, good taste or true pleasurable smells.

Thus..., COFFEE is NOT the only TRUE or better answer of how to deal or be with adversity...
Quite often you can NOT change the adversity, yet you can change yourself on how you look at it..
being the CARROT, seen as not mushy yet rather compassionate...
being the EGG see as not hard yet rather tough enough to stand... are also good choices...
The COFFEE BEAN. is a good answer...,
it's just not the only
If so, then adversity will always have to exists in order for you to be the BEST part of yourself that you can be.


QUOTE of an Unknown Author says : " The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way."

[JamesJustin]

Thank you for sharing! I like this rendition! Awesome!

[basspicker]

ie “Take what life gives you and make music with it❣️”

[Banana-tpnd]

We read the coffee bean book as a swim team. Now our coach always tells us to "be the bean" and it says it on the back of our shirts too haha

[wismjuns]

its very inspire for me or for anyone, good🤗

[debbmarie]

Thank you so much for creating this whiteboard animation to share such an important message! It was exactly what I needed today. Really cool how you drew everything by hand, you’re talented! This story really highlights the truism that we can’t change things that are beyond our control, but we do have control over our attitude. We can choose our response to our circumstances instead of letting the circumstances make the choice for us. We can choose to not let external situations change our internal condition. When negative emotions hijack us, they weaken us ... “If you become discouraged in times of trouble, your strength will be meager.” -- Proverbs 24:10, New World Translation (Bible) So it’s worth the effort to learn how to transform adversity so we become better not bitter. It’s tough sometimes, but what helps me relate and reframe is to compare it to learning a new language, or a musical instrument – it’s not easy but with practice we develop the skill because we get good at what we practice. If we practice complaining, we’ll get good at that. If we practice worry, we’ll get good at that. BUT if we practice finding the positive in every situation, we’ll get good at that. If we practice choosing joy, choosing peace, etc we’ll get good at that.

Finding your video today strengthens my determination to BE THE BEAN! Thanks a bunch. : )

[gabrielzamora]

My marine recruiter told me this story shit was real asf