carrot,egg and coffee

this story about younger man name J and his father mr.T

J has a lot of problems and he felt like he can't stand with all this anymore.. one day he went to see his father to told him about his problem

J :dad, i'm really tired with all this problems..seem like it will never end. after one problems settle there come another problems or even when there is a problem still come another problem

mr.T smile..

he bring J to the kitchen(mr.T is a chef)..there is 3 pots and each of them contain boiling water.

then he put

carrot in the 1st pot

egg in the 2nd pot

coffee in the 3rd pot

then after 10 minutes mr.T asked J to taste them one by one

J a little bit confuse.he asked his father

J :dad i'm here to tell you my problems and maybe you have some idea how to solve it.

whats the meaning behind all this. i don't see any relation

mr.T:actually there is a meaning behind all this.

carrot

before you boil it hard

but after boiled it became smooth, easy to chew

egg

before you put in boiling water it easy to crack

after boiled it became hard

coffee

before you put it in boiling water it has nothing special

after you put in boiling water it change the water taste and become more delicious

mr.T : choose now son which one you wanna be...either..

carrot

b4 all those problems you r tough,strong person,never give up

after all those problems you become easily give up,weak person

OR

egg

before the problems come you are kind,polite,care about people

but after all those problems came you r still the same person from outside but inside is already totally change you become person who didn't care about others, unkind

OR

coffee

b4 all those difficulties you just simple person

but after you face a lot of problems you become more strong, person that always give benefit to yourself,friend,community. 
 the more problem you have to face the more better and strong you will be only if you know how to handle it:)

choose which group you are(selamat muhasabah)