Don't Wanna Be An Egg!
My husband often shares this wonderful analogy involving an egg, carrot and tea (some great philosopher may have given this analogy first, but since I've only heard my husband say it, I will give him credit). If exposed to boiling water... The egg gets HARD The carrot gets Soft But the tea... the tea instead changes the water. When all three items are exposed to the same environment, a boiling pot of water, they are all impacted, but only the tea makes a difference to that which is surrounding it. Such are are our hearts at times. Much of what goes on in this world - in our homes, communities, schools, churches, jobs - will have an impact on us... sometimes our experiences are good, but at times they expose us to the pot of boiling water. What is your pot of boiling water? Sometimes the impact of the boiling water seems like too much or that it has gone on far too long, so how do we become like the tea where we can make a difference rather than our circu...