Father's advice

Often we get vexed with our life as a new problem arrives as soon as an old problem departures from our life. We get trapped in this cycle of problem sloving and feel life is really not going well with us. Once, a 20 year old daughter was in the same situation and she approached her father and expressed her feelings. Her father who was a chef, took her to kitchen and started boiling potatoes, eggs and coffee beans in three different vessels. Though the daughter didn't understand what her father was up to, she waited patiently. After 20 minutes, the father turned the stove off and placed the three vessels in front of his daughter. He asked " What do you see in these vessels?". The daughter touched each content and told" I see hard potatoes, a boiled egg and water flavoured with coffee beans". The father replied " The potatoes, egg and coffee beans under went the same suffering of boiling for 20 minutes but each one reacted differently. The potatoes which were hard before boiling became soft and weak after boiling. The egg which was brittle, became harder and stronger after boiling. However the coffee beans are unique. When they under went boiling, they changed the water and built something new." Placing his hand around his daughter shoulder he said" Who are you?. When suffering knocks your door, are you a potato, egg or a coffee bean?"
Moral: In life, things keep changing around us, the only thing that matters is what happens within us.Just think who you are- a potato, egg or a coffee bean!.