Have you heard this one?
It’s the story of the carrot, the egg, and the coffee bean. Under the same pressure—boiling water—the three have very different transformations.
The carrot, once hard and unrelenting, turns soft when a little heat is applied.
The egg starts out liquid and malleable, protected by a tough exterior. When exposed to the boiling water, the egg appears the same, but has hardened on the inside.
Then, you have the coffee bean. When placed in hot water, it resists changing itself. Instead, it turns the water into something new.
Sound familiar? As humans, we actually have many
different ways we respond negatively to stress. But all stress really means is that our internal resources aren’t up to meeting the external pressures in a particular moment; in other words, we need more ENERGY and we need to discover and strengthen our inner resources. The spirit of genius and source of all wellbeing is quietly waiting within you.
It’s NEVER too late to discover your true unchanging Self and to learn how to positively influence the world around you– living from the inside out– instead of sacrificing your-Self at the altar of others, and succumbing to the continuous external pressures of the world.
‘I would like us to do something unprecedented, to create ourselves without finding it necessary to create an enemy.‘- James Baldwin
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