Love A Little Stronger

by Preeti Shenoy

It reminded me of the egg, carrot and coffee bean story, which I had read, and which has recently been doing the rounds on social media as a video. When a young daughter complained about how hard her life was and how she had many problems, her mother took her to the kitchen and handed her an egg, a carrot and a coffee bean. She placed three boiling pots of water on the stove and asked her daughter to drop the egg, the carrot and the coffee bean into each of them.

Egg carrot and coffee beam story

After about fifteen minutes of boiling, the carrot, which was hard to begin with, came out soft and squishy. The egg, fragile to begin with, became hard-boiled. It was only the ground coffee bean which was unique. It retained its original form, yet gave out something useful – coffee. It didn’t itself change, but it changed the water it had been dropped into. The mother asked the daughter which one she would like to be when adversity struck – a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean.

What would u like to be

It made me think how different they are from adults. They are not afraid to imagine and they are not afraid to share their dreams. They are not afraid to fall down and if they do, they just get up and carry on with life. It made me wonder why we adults do not have the enthusiasm that children do, to try out new things. Why are we so enclosed in our comfort zones, so reluctant to step out? I think there are many reasons for it. The simplest way to make sense of it would be to accept that within each of us, are two forces that are constantly at work, at any given point in our lives. Most of us are pulled apart by two opposing force – Mr Yes and Mr No.

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Here is what was on my list: 1. Laugh heartily: wikipedia defines laughter as “an audible expression or appearance of merriment or amusement or an inward feeling of joy and pleasure”. Science has proven that laughter strengthens our immune system, helps us fight illnesses and reduces problems associated with diseases such as high blood pressure, strokes, arthritis and ulcers. There are more than six thousand laughter yoga clubs in sixty countries. Some of these laughter clubs that have sprouted across my neighbourhood first shocked me. Initially, I was startled by the noise. A group of people about forty in number, all gathered together and laughing like lunatics for no reason was a concept that I had never come across before. At first I thought it was thunder in the middle of the summer season and was puzzled. Later, when I watched them, I too laughed, because laughter is so infectious. Humans are the only animals in nature who can laugh. (what hyenas do is not real laughter.) research shows that just a few generations ago, healthy humans spent twenty minutes a day or more in laughter. But in today’s time, laughing time is down to less than five minutes a day in most countries. Everybody loves to have a good laugh. No wonder humour shows and stand-up comedians are flourishing on television shows. If you have a crazy pal who makes you go into peals of laughter, hold on to that friendship. Nurture it, cherish it. It is priceless. 2. Spend time with children: The US Depart...

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