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Potatoes, Eggs & Coffee Beans

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Cass Carlopio
Sleep Expert, Psychologist & Meditation
This is a story about how we deal with pressure and adversity.
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11 reflections
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Matthew
Hard, soft, or fundamentally transformed?
I guess you can be brought low by adversity, but a hearty breakfast can give you a new outlook on the day?๐Ÿคช๐Ÿคฃ
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Cyndee
๐Ÿฅ”๐Ÿฅšโ˜•๏ธ
I believe I am more like a coffee bean then a potato or an egg, at least I have become so. I think I started becoming a coffee bean when I was a kid, because I had many challenges with two spoiled siblings and a over-controlling strict grandmother. Now, Iโ€™ve been at a job for 33 years in which I have had to overcome many challenges, people and situations coming at me at the same time, one problem after the other. I think my childhood prepared me for my stressful job and my stressful job makes some of lifeโ€™s challenges easier to handle. In the past I had more potatoes and eggs than coffee beans. My past had plenty of good times that made the tough stuff fade, but itโ€™s also good to be where I am now. Thanks ๐Ÿ™ Aura
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Patty
To be quite honest...
I have to say that Iโ€™m all three. Depending on the circumstance and the adversity and how each presents itself, I may respond and/or react differently. I strive and struggle to be like the coffee, but realistically, Iโ€™m not sure that itโ€™s a necessary expectation. And thatโ€™s okay with me. I will continue to be the best that I can using the skills that I have. As long as I donโ€™t start going backwards, I figure Iโ€™m on the right track. โค๏ธ๐ŸŒท
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Julie
Handling Adversity
Depending on the situation I am all 3 of these things...weak, strong, or can turn a crappy situation into something better. Handling adversity in life this is where it becomes important to make sure your taking care of yourself.
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Rachel
In the face of adversity
I want to be like the coffee bean ๐Ÿ˜Š. A nice reminder that our most difficult experiences are often the ones with the most power to effect personal change
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B
Change the water
I would like to be a coffee bean, but up to now, have mostly been an egg. I get harder and harder and my shell toughens. I get more cynical with more adversity. I would like to learn to be coffee and transform the adversity to something new and wonderful. Not sure how to get there...
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Christine
I am...
I never give myself credit and stress a lot of things, things that really aren't a big deal. I always come out on top as the coffee bean. Sometimes I believe I am the potato and people actual see me as an egg. So thru everything I realize I am them all and it's okay because I'm growing. I just need to allow the time and patience to realize that.
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Linda
Potatoes, eggs & coffee
These stories amaze me! A day or so ago, I read someoneโ€™s comments about this story and decided I really wanted to listen to it, but I couldnโ€™t find it the next day because I couldnโ€™t remember the name. Tonight, it was right here waiting. I hope to think of the story the next time adversity strikes so that I can choose my response instead of just reacting.
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Hi
Potatoes, Eggs and Coffee Beans
I think we all would love to be the coffee beans: to turn a bad situation into something positive when we are faced with adversity. But I think the ability to do this comes with experienceโ€”making the mistake of being too soft and getting stepped on or becoming too hardened and realizing this is not who we intended to be. Unless youโ€™re an old soul, being the coffee beans might be a matter of being old enough to have been all three and wise enough to know itโ€™s best to be the coffee beans.
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Jessie
Potatoes, Coffee & Eggs
I learned that we all go through tough situations and itโ€™s how we react to the situation and how we let the situation effect us.
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Debb
Adversity
I hope I am a coffee bean! If not, I want to become a coffee bean! โ˜•๏ธ Listen to this great little story of transformation and decide which you are! ๐Ÿ’ซ๐Ÿ™โ™ฅ๏ธ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ’ซ
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