Carrots, Eggs, & Coffee!

A sweet darling wants me to be her coffee mate. Please read on and you would know....

A carrot, an egg, and a cup of coffee...You will never look at a cup of coffee the same way again.
A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life and how things were so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to make it and wanted to give up, She was tired of fighting and struggling. It seemed as one problem was solved, a new one arose.

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?

May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human and enough hope to make you happy.

The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way. The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past; you can't go forward in life until you let go of your past failures and heartaches.

When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling.
Live your life so at the end, you're the one who is smiling and everyone around you is crying.

May we all be COFFEE!!!!

What a 96 year old lady could do?

Contact Agreement
Shown below, is an actual letter that was sent to a bank by a 96 year old woman. The bank manager thought it amusing enough to have it published in the New York Times.

Dear Sir:
I am writing to thank you for bouncing my check with which I endeavored to pay my plumber last month. By my calculations, three nanoseconds must have elapsed between his presenting the check and the arrival in my account of the funds needed to honor it.

I refer, of course, to the automatic monthly deposit of my entire salary, an arrangement which, I admit, has been in place for only eight years.

You are to be commended for seizing that brief window of opportunity, and also for debiting my account $30 by way of penalty for the inconvenience caused to your bank.

My thankfulness springs from the manner in which this incident has caused me to rethink my errant financial ways.

I noticed that whereas I personally attend to your telephone calls and letters, when I try to contact you, I am confronted by the impersonal, overcharging prerecorded, faceless entity which your bank has become.

From now on, I, like you, choose only to deal with a flesh and blood person. My mortgage and loan repayments will therefore and hereafter no longer be automatic, but will arrive at your bank, by check, addressed personally and confidentially to an employee at your bank whom you must nominate. Be aware that it is an offense under the Postal Act for any other person to open

such an envelope. Please find attached an Application Contact Status which I require your chosen employee to complete. I am sorry it runs to eight pages, but in order that I know as much about him or her as your bank knows about me, there is no alternative. Please note that all copies of his or her medical history must be countersigned by a Notary Public, and the mandatory details of his/her financial situation (income, debts, assets and liabilities) must be accompanied by documented proof. In due course, I will issue your employee with a PIN number which he/she must quote in dealings with me. I regret that it cannot be shorter than 28 digits but, again, I have modeled it on the number of button presses required of me to access my account balance on your phone bank service. As they say, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Let me level the playing field even further. When you call me, press buttons as follows:
1. To make an appointment to see me.
2. To query a missing payment.
3. To transfer the call to my living room in case I am there.
4. To transfer the call to my bedroom in case I am sleeping.
5. To transfer the call to my toilet in case I am attending to nature.
6. To transfer the call to my mobile phone if I am not at home.
7. To leave a message on my computer, a password to access my computer is required.

Password will be communicated to you at a later date to the Authorized Contact.
8. To return to the main menu and to listen to options 1 through 7.
9. To make a general complaint or inquiry. The contact will then be put on hold, pending the

attention of my automated answering service.

Uplifting music will play for the duration of the call. While this may, on occasion, involve a lengthy wait, regrettably, but again following your example, I must also levy an establishment fee to cover the setting up of this new arrangement.

May I wish you a happy, if ever so slightly less Prosperous New Year ?

Your Humble Client.

( Remember: This was written by a 96 year old woman )

P.S. if you have not reached 96 years yet, don't ever say you are already old.

Food for thought - "The quality, not the longevity, of one's life is what is important. — Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968)

Used v loved.

While a man was polishing his new car, his 4-yr old son picked up stone and scratched lines on the side of the car. In anger, the man took the child's hand and hit it many times; not realizing he was using a wrench. At the hospital, the child lost all his fingers due to multiple fractures. When the child saw his father.....with painful eyes he asked, 'Dad when will my fingers grow back?'

The man was so hurt and speechless; he went back to his car and kicked it a lot of times. Devastated by his own actions....sitting in front of that car he looked at the scratches; the child had written , 'LOVE YOU DAD'. The next day, that man committed suicide.

Anger and Love have no limits; choose the latter to have a beautiful, lovely life..... Things are to be used and people are to be loved. But, the problem in today's world is that, People are used and things are loved.

During this year, let's be careful to keep this thought in mind: Things are to be used, but People are to be loved ... Be yourself..This is the only day we HAVE. Have a nice day!

Always remember...Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits they become character; Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.

Art of selling.

Kid knows how to sell too. Selling tips....

A common reply from prospects; "Let me compare your plan with other companies first!" Such remark means, the agent concerns hasn't convinced the prospective client. The salesperson could have explained in details with the program or plan, but he hasn't built enough confidence and trust with the buyer. Though the above statement might not be a total rejection, the agent could still be liable to loose to another effective agent from elsewhere.

Many potential sales are lost on the first sales visit due to overselling. The first visit for agent and prospect is meant to build rapport and understanding between two strangers. A good salesperson would never sell product at this stage but rather spend time to market his creditability and worthiness. Unless he could sense that he is respected and trusted, he would not mention a word of his actual selling. A skillful sale agent is a likable person who could make others laugh and feel wanted. He shows calmness, knowledgeable, responsible and smart.

The art of selling is to sell without the clients knowing that they are being sold. A professional sales agent helps the clients to buy. Buying is an honour and pleasure, whereas being sold is like defeated and lost. If you could understand this logical emotion of human mind, selling is as easy as asking for a blind date. Happy selling!

I salute to him, Napolean Hill said,"It has always been my belief that a man should do his best, regardless of how much he receives for his services or the number of people he may be servicing or the class of people served".

Happiness or Success comes first!

Over a recent birthday party, Hanafiah threw me an intelligent question. He asked, "Happiness comes first or success?" He caught me by surprise. This was what i told him with a story....

One day, the young lion asked his mom: "Mom, where is the happiness?"Mom replied: "It's on your tail." So the young lion keeps on chasing after his tail. But after a whole day of trying, he failed to get the happiness that was on his tail.Then he told his mom about this, his mom smiled and said: "Son, you don't really need to chase after your happiness, as long as you keep going and moving forward, your happiness will always be with you."

In case if Hanafiah doesn't know the real meaning of the above story, i might as well explain briefly on it. As long as our heart is happy everyday, we should see everything beautifully. As long as you are happy, nothing is impossible to achieve. As long as you are happy, success is already in you. Yes! Happiness comes first.

Specially for my good friend Hanafiah - "People who never achieve happiness are the ones who complain whenever they're awake, and whenever they're asleep, they are thinking about what to complain about tomorrow." - Adam Zimbler

Teammate of man & woman.

Teamwork begins with man & woman first. As a man, do you understand your woman and being a woman, do you know your man. Man has one crazy thing to long for, whereas woman has ninety nine things to look forward with. Or to be direct, sex is most important to all healthy normal male. However female being sensitive, is always particular with everything. Meaning, they are concerned from A to Z, you name them and they want them.

Can this happen to you? The man was horny and looking forward to romance with his teammate for the night. The woman was busy the whole day. She was working in the office, picking the children home and cooked for the family. By the time they climbed onto bed, she was already exhausted. She told her partner, "Sweetheart! Lets try tomorrow". He was moody and unhappy the next day. The next night, the man was again eagerly awaiting her teammate for the undone session. Without him knowing, she was busy as ever that afternoon, attending to their parents' needs, shopping and doing the household chores. As usual she told her man, "Darling! Lets try tomorrow". Frustrated and rejected, he could not sleep well, and the next morning was also an unpleasant day for him. Came the third night, when he was preparing all his best for the final countdown, his teammate whispered to his ear, "Sweetheart! Sorry we can't make it tonight because my best friend just came". (Note: for those innocent men out there...the best friend was her menses). The man was furious, upset and boiling. Already the third day, he still had not fulfilled his most important task as a man. There is a saying, "A hungry man is an angry man indeed!"

A teammate is one who understands each other. He understands her important of lives, when he encourages and assists her in every way, making sure he stands besides her all the time. Though she might be busy and active in her daily routines, she knows his top priority as a man. Gives him the satisfaction of sex and tames him like a kitten, he would eventually appease almost every 98 things she wants. An effective teammate is one who gives and takes, allowing the soul and mind to harmonize with each other. End result, they become Star Performers with the right attitude for others to witness. So! Have you found the ideal teammate to play your part in life?

I think this is true - "Finding good players is easy. Getting them to play as a team is another story" — Casey Stengel, major league baseball manager.

How a marriage works!

All men should read this!!!

A newlywed couple had only been married for two weeks. The husband, although very much in love, couldn't wait to go out on the town and party with his old buddies.

So, he said to his new wife, 'Honey, I'll be right back.' 'Where are you going, honey bunch?' asked the wife. 'I'm going to the bar, pretty face. I'm going to have a beer.'

The wife said, 'You want a beer, my love?' She went and opened the door to the refrigerator and showed him 25 different kinds of beer brands from 12 different countries: Germany, Holland, Japan, India, etc.

The husband didn't know what to do, and the only thing that he could think of saying was, 'Yes, lolly pop...but at the bar...you know...they have frozen glasses...'

He didn't get to finish the sentence, because the wife interrupted him by saying,'You want a frozen glass, puppy face?' She took a huge beer mug out of the freezer, so frozen that she was getting chills just holding it.

The husband, looking a bit pale, said, 'Yes, tootsie roll, but at the Bar they have those hors d'oeuvres that are really delicious... I won't be long, I'll be right back. I promise. OK?'

You want hors d'oeuvres, poochi pooh?' She opened the oven and took out 5 dishes of different hors d'oeuvres: chicken wings, pigs in blankets, mushroom caps, pork strips, etc.

'But my sweet honey... At the bar... You know...there's swearing, dirty words and all that...'

'You want dirty words, Dickhead? Drink your f***ing beer in your Goddamn frozen mug and eat your motherf***ing snacks, because you are Married now, and you aren't f***ing going anywhere! Got it, A**hole?' so he stayed home....................and, they lived happily ever after..

Now, isn't that a sweet story? In actual fact, this story was sent over by my elder son, Alvin. Have to ask him, 'Son! Are you referring to yourself at the moment?'

Specially for my sons - "A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day. — Andre Maurois (1885-1967)