Go Back   AmityMama.com > General Discussion > EFT for Mama

EFT for Mama EFT often works where nothing else does! Welcome to a discussion of Emotional Freedom Techniques - a highly effective and easy-to-learn self-help energetic tool. EFT can be used for any emotional or physical issue, often with immediate relief. This forum is moderated by an EFT practitioner and is a place to discuss how to apply EFT to improve our and our family's health.

Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 04-26-2008, 04:19 AM   #1 (permalink)
Linda
Senior Member

iTrader: 4 / 100%
 
Linda's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Faith, love, hope, bliss.
Posts: 11,204
A story...for those who especially like coffee~lol!

From Inspiration Junction - April 2001


A daughter complained to her father 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 father, a chef, took her to the kitchen. He filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire. Soon the pots came to a boil. In one he placed carrots, in the second he placed eggs, and the last he placed ground coffee beans. He let them sit and boil, without saying a word. The daughter sucked her teeth and impatiently waited, wondering what he was doing. In about twenty minutes he turned off the burners. He fished the carrots out and placed them in a bowl.



He pulled the eggs out and placed them a bowl. Then he ladled the coffee out and placed it in a bowl. Turning to her he asked. "Darling, what do you see?" "Carrots, eggs, and coffee," she replied. He brought her closer and asked her to feel the carrots. She did and noted that they were soft. He then asked her to take an egg and break it. After pulling off the shell, she observed the hard-boiled egg. Finally, he asked her to sip the coffee. She smiled as she tasted its rich aroma. She humbly asked. "What does it mean Father?"



He explained that each of them had faced the same adversity, boiling water, but each reacted differently. The carrot went in strong, hard, and unrelenting. But 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," he asked his daughter. "When adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg, or a coffee bean?"



How about you? Are you the carrot that seems hard, but with pain and adversity do you wilt and become soft and lose your strength? Are you the egg, which starts off with a malleable heart? Were you a fluid spirit, but after a death, a breakup, a divorce, or a layoff have you become hardened and stiff. Your shell looks the same, but are you bitter and tough with a stiff spirit and heart? Or are you like the coffee bean? The bean changes the hot water, the thing that is bringing the pain, to its peak flavor reaches 212 degrees Fahrenheit. When the water gets the hottest, it just tastes better. If you are like the bean, when things are at their worst, you get better and make things better around you.
__________________
"If you only believe what you see, then you are limited to what's on the surface. If you only believe what you see, then why do you pay your electric bill?" Dr. Wayne Dyer

Hot, yummy, pretty coffee...NZ style.

Linda is online now   Reply With Quote

Sponsored Links (Become a Supporting Member to hide these :)
Old 04-26-2008, 07:31 AM   #2 (permalink)
lakshmi_mama
She's a bad mutha

iTrader: 1 / 100%
 
lakshmi_mama's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2003
Posts: 5,975
Sharing this one with dh!
lakshmi_mama is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-26-2008, 08:28 AM   #3 (permalink)
Deborah
Registered User

iTrader: 1 / 100%
 
Deborah's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 578
Good story Linda. Thanks for posting it!


And I can't resist ...

Even though I'm an egg, I love and accept myself fully ...
__________________
Deborah Donndelinger, EFTCert-I, EFT-ADV
www.EftWithDeborah.com

You don't have to do it alone, we can help.
Deborah is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-26-2008, 09:16 AM   #4 (permalink)
Barb
Attached working mama!

iTrader: 47 / 100%
 
Barb's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Drinking coffee somewhere.
Posts: 31,664
Great story
__________________
~Barb
Mama to Chelsey,19, Zoey,8 and Roman, 5

Happy Holidays from my family to yours!
Barb is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-26-2008, 09:40 AM   #5 (permalink)
dreamseeds
Manifest a Wonderful Day



iTrader: 91 / 100%
 
dreamseeds's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Failure is a joyless word. Without risk, there can be no gain. If you don't go out on a limb, you will never see the lovely view.
Posts: 23,635
lol Deborah......
__________________


~Happy Thanksgiving (and Christmas) to YOU ALL
Celebrating it all early 11-22-08 with 6 of the 7 children and 1 of 2 grandbabies~


ISO
www.dreamseedsorganics.com
Wildcraft Game
Blessings of an Herbwyfe
dreamseeds is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-26-2008, 09:50 AM   #6 (permalink)
hastings
Registered User

iTrader: 16 / 100%
 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Posts: 5,962
Quote:
Originally Posted by Deborah View Post
Good story Linda. Thanks for posting it!


And I can't resist ...

Even though I'm an egg, I love and accept myself fully ...


thank you Linda. What a great way to start my morning.
hastings is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-26-2008, 12:15 PM   #7 (permalink)
Christi
Perpetually NAK'ing

iTrader: 23 / 100%
 
Christi's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: The Big Ham, AL
Posts: 10,722
Love it!
Christi is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-26-2008, 06:06 PM   #8 (permalink)
Linda
Senior Member

iTrader: 4 / 100%
 
Linda's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Faith, love, hope, bliss.
Posts: 11,204
Quote:
Originally Posted by Deborah View Post
Good story Linda. Thanks for posting it!


And I can't resist ...

Even though I'm an egg, I love and accept myself fully ...

Deborah!
Linda is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 04-26-2008, 06:08 PM   #9 (permalink)
LatteLover
On a break!

iTrader: 7 / 100%
 
LatteLover's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 14,793
I keep thinking about this that while the coffee bean had changed the water, it had basically given everything of itself being left as a nasty, used up bean. LOL
LatteLover is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply


Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On


Advertisements

Directory Sponsor



All times are GMT -4. The time now is 02:49 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.6.5
Copyright ©2000 - 2008, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
SEO by vBSEO 3.0.0 RC8
Amitymama.com (c) 1998-2005