The DAILY DIGEST: INFORMATION and OPINION from ST. JOHN'S to VICTORIA.
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ST.JOHN'S TELEGRAM -
The reactor factor
http://www.thetelegram.com/index.cfm?sid=218127&sc=80
CORNER BROOK WESTERN STAR -
For whom the bell tolls
http://www.thewesternstar.com/index.cfm?sid=218069&sc=30
CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN -
Opening up EI to the self-employed
Ottawa should look at ways of improving EI, and consider whether the self-employed should have access to it.
http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/index.cfm?sid=218226&sc=103
CAPE BRETON POST -
Premier finds missing millions
http://www.capebretonpost.com/index.cfm?sid=217921&sc=151
HALIFAX CHRONICLE HERALD -
'Buy American' policy has dire consequences for Canadian economy
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Editorial/1104344.html
OTTAWA CITIZEN -
The 'desperate times' excuse
There's nothing like a recession to revive the cliché that bearers of bad news so enjoy repeating: desperate times call for desperate measures. http://www.ottawacitizen.com/opinion/desperate+times+excuse/1246481/story.html
Left to rot
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/opinion/Left/1246482/story.html
GLOBE & MAIL -
No national party votes by province
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090202.weLiberals03/BNStory/specialComment/home
The killer's helpers
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090202.weRoszko03/BNStory/specialComment/home
Common sense, balance
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090202.weCitizenship03/BNStory/specialComment/home
TORONTO SUN -
If you build it, you must fix it
http://www.torontosun.com/comment/editorial/2009/02/03/8242736-sun.html
ST. CATHARINES STANDARD -
Go back to the 3 Rs in our classrooms
http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1417157
NIAGARA FALLS REVIEW -
Municipalities face tough decisions
http://www.niagarafallsreview.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1416784
K-W RECORD -
O Canada belongs in nation's schools
http://news.therecord.com/Opinions/article/481274
WINDSOR STAR -
Buy American
http://www.windsorstar.com/opinion/editorials/American/1246793/story.html
THUNDER BAY CHRONICLE JOURNAL -
Devils are in budget details
http://www.chroniclejournal.com/stories.php?id=162276
WINNIPEG FREE PRESS -
From empire to umpire
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/westview/from_empire_to_umpire38848377.html
SASKATOON STARPHOENIX -
Time to rethink expensive, futile War on Drugs
http://www2.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/news/forum/story.html?id=9a76fb03-8449-4203-b3b8-78fb9a8e101e
Get up, speak up
http://www2.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/news/forum/story.html?id=bb9350cb-fc51-41ff-9ed1-d2fc2032c59c
REGINA LEADER-POST -
Robots replacing soldiers in the front lines of war
http://www2.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/news/viewpoints/story.html?id=22546c18-7c65-4799-a2c9-74fd120a8690
CALGARY HERALD -
Criticism actually strengthens our freedoms
http://www2.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/theeditorialpage/story.html?id=b40fda80-09ea-4a5a-8d40-e862f7e9a88b
The president of protectionism
http://www2.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/theeditorialpage/story.html?id=40fc5290-3420-41a5-a9b5-ad323f93fba3
GRANDE PRAIRIE DAILY HERALD TRIBUNE -
Budget missed the mark on science - 'Brain drain' could get worse after researchers left out
http://www.dailyheraldtribune.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1417774
Microcredit a secure, noble option
http://www.dailyheraldtribune.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1417773
EDMONTON JOURNAL -
Rodents say winter, Prentice says thaw
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/opinion/editorials/Rodents+winter+Prentice+says+thaw/1247153/story.html
EDMONTON SUN -
LEGACY WON'T HELP IGNATIEFF IN THE WEST
http://www.edmontonsun.com/Comment/Commentary/2009/02/03/8241891-sun.html
RED DEER ADVOCATE -
Increasing wages is the answer to our economic woes
http://www.albertalocalnews.com/reddeeradvocate/opinion/Increasing_wages_is_the_answer_to_our_economic_woes.html
VICTORIA TIMES-COLONIST -
Harper has learned a hard economic lesson
http://www2.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/comment/story.html?id=3102a612-2e09-4677-bd42-9bc98f92b7cc
Deficit is better than deep cuts
http://www2.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/comment/story.html?id=0ecd33dd-ecbc-47e1-aba0-4a7acd3c9ee9
Broken health promises
http://www2.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/comment/story.html?id=7d8e925b-5df9-46f8-a74c-a00d0ac333fd
B.C. Liberals learning to love red ink
http://www2.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/comment/story.html?id=0035b246-e47c-40af-b372-75d6329abcf8
ISSUES
ABORIGINAL AFFAIRS -
The left's aboriginal blind spot
http://www.nationalpost.com/todays_paper/story.html?id=1246092
AFGHANISTAN -
MPs Call the UN-NATO Agreement Useless
http://quqnoos.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2511&Itemid=48
U.S. to Get the Boot from Central Asia Base?
http://blog.wired.com/defense/agony_of_astan/index.html
With attacks on Afghan supply lines in Pakistan, US turns to Uzbekistan
http://axcessnews.com/index.php/articles/show?id=17502
Khyber Pass bridge destroyed, key Afghan supply link severed
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=1248285
U.S. to emphasize military goals in Afghanistan
http://in.reuters.com/article/southAsiaNews/idINIndia-37822220090203?sp=true
Pentagon study: US should pare Afghanistan goals
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/feb/03/pentagon-study-us-should-pare-afghanistan-goals/
Lewis MacKenzie
Has Uncle Sam run out of patience in Afghanistan?
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090202.wcoafghan03/BNStory/specialComment/home
Top UN official to Afghanistan calls for push to end opium production
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=29736&Cr=Afghani&Cr1=Eide
Is the West losing the Pashtuns?
http://www.e-ariana.com/ariana/eariana.nsf/allDocs/9DE3AE8E9C14F0A987257552004BB780?OpenDocument
'Blackwater Under Review In Afghanistan'
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/feb/03/blackwater-under-review-in-afghanistan/
CANADIAN FORCES -
Canadian veterans launch lawsuit over alleged effects of atomic testing
http://www.nationalpost.com/todays_paper/story.html?id=1246053
CANUSA/USACAN -
U.S. agency joins calls for international rules on Arctic shipping, resources
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/090203/national/arctic_rules_needed
"Buy American" plan could cost U.S. jobs: study
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/090203/canada/canada_us_usa_buyamerican
Saving Free Trade
http://www.nationalpost.com/todays_paper/story.html?id=1247259
What's behind the 'trade war' talk
http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/581342
'Buy North American' a better course
http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/581340
Canada talks tough to U.S. on trade
http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/581343
Canada takes battle over 'Buy American' to U.S. Senate
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090203.AMERICA03//TPStory/Front
Canada can seek out other markets for exports: Wall
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090203/wall_trade_090203/20090203?hub=Canada
Protectionism makes no sense
http://www.nationalpost.com/todays_paper/story.html?id=1246093
Protectionism for dummies
Canadians should be careful criticizing U.S. trade barriers - we have some of our own.
http://www.montrealgazette.com/Life/Protectionism+dummies/1246401/story.html
We should be worried - Americans are in a hurtin' mood
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090202.wcosimp03/BNStory/specialComment/home
FP Comment weighs in on protectionism
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/02/03/fp-comment-weighs-in-on-protectionism.aspx
ECONOMIC AFFAIRS -
CAW worried GM may pull out of Canada
http://business.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090203.wCAWbargaining0203/BNStory/Business/home
1) Rising food prices are likely to continue
There is a misguided notion that lower demand, lower commodity costs, and deflation will lead to lower prices. This is false: http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article8573.html
Some catch a break on mortgage
http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/581261
Canadian Tire tightens credit card rules
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/581267
GM seeks $150M in CAW concessions
http://www.nationalpost.com/todays_paper/story.html?id=1246066
Companies choose wage freeze over layoffs: survey
http://www.financialpost.com/news/story.html?id=1248279
Canadian credit delinquencies rising
http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=1247949
The bad economy is no match for a good cause
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090203.wcharities03/BNStory/National/home
FOREIGN AFFAIRS -
Obama not bowing to top brass, yet
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/KB04Ak02.html
Crisis looms at the Pentagon
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Front_Page/KB04Aa01.html
Security peddlers eye Afghan windfall
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/KB04Df01.html
ICC may get to investigate Gaza war crimes
http://calsun.canoe.ca/News/World/2009/02/03/8246856.html
HUNT FOR JUSTICE IN US
http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/547.html
Canada has stake in Kashmir initiative
http://www.thestar.com/Opinion/article/581199
Iraqis vote for secular parties
http://www.nationalpost.com/todays_paper/story.html?id=1246134
HEALTH CARE RELATED -
Feeding on their own failure
http://www.nationalpost.com/todays_paper/story.html?id=1246091
JUSTICE SYSTEM -
Court ruling causes 'collision of values'
http://www.nationalpost.com/todays_paper/story.html?id=1246054
Foreign doctors, our values
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090202.wcowent03/BNStory/specialComment
University accused of denying rights
http://www.nationalpost.com/todays_paper/story.html?id=1247227
MIGRATION -
Dozens dupe Indian airline, enter Canada
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/581362
Budget delivers for pizza guy
http://www.torontosun.com/comment/columnists/mindelle_jacobs/2009/02/03/8242756-sun.html
Detainees seeking refugee status
http://www.nationalpost.com/todays_paper/story.html?id=1246010
Expats fear for children's fate under new rules
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090203.wcitizenship03/BNStory/National/home
POLITICS IN THE PROVINCES -
Red-tape cuts raise fears
Critics say Liberals are putting lives at risk by scrapping up to 35% of Ontario regulations
http://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/article/581363
McGuinty looking for way forward
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2009/02/03/8242881-sun.html
Sarkozy plays down Quebec sovereignty
http://www.nationalpost.com/todays_paper/story.html?id=1246011
Report urges Hydro-Québec sale
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090203.wrhydro03/BNStory/energy/home
Charest doesn't want to stir controversy over Sarkozy remarks
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5i9NKj3IghqGtgZ7ConxSwtZC14HA
FEDERAL POLITICS -
Independent MP accuses Tories of campaign to discredit
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/090203/national/casey_rcmp
Ignatieff okays 'one-time' Newfoundland protestComment3Independent MP accuses Tories of campaign to discredit
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/090203/national/casey_rcmp
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090203.wPOLliberals0203/BNStory/politics/home
How proroguing Parliament saved the cash-starved Liberals
http://www.ottawasun.com/Comment/2009/02/03/8241651-sun.html
Senator Brazeau facing increased public scrutiny
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090202/brazeau_story_090202/20090202?hub=CTVNewsAt11
Patrick Brazeau should have stayed a 'senator-in-waiting'
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/02/03/don-martin-patrick-brazeau-should-have-stayed-a-senator-in-waiting.aspx
Finley under fire for jobless comment
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Business/Finley+under+fire+jobless+comment/1246450/story.html
Obama's no-frills visit called a 'travesty'
http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/581341
Bloc attacks on Ignatieff welcomed by Grits
http://www.timescolonist.com/Bloc+attacks+Ignatieff+welcomed+Grits/1245447/story.html
Tories make meal of Kinsella quip
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Entertainment/Tories+make+meal+Kinsella+quip/1246441/story.html
Ignatieff faces first solidarity challenge
http://www.nationalpost.com/todays_paper/story.html?id=1246044
Ignatieff spot on with budget compromise: poll
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2009/02/03/8251861.html
Protectionism permeates debate in Parliament
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090203/wall_trade_090203/20090203?hub=TopStories
Canada should pursue 'Buy Canadian' strategy: Layton
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/02/03/layton-trade.html
PROGRAMMES -
Ottawa boosts new AECL reactor development with $135 million
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/090203/national/200902m03_fedbudget_aecl
Effects of stimulus package overestimated, economist says
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090203.westimate03/BNStory/crashandrecovery/home
Atlantic economists raise worries about Ottawa package
http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/581700
Equalization still shrouded in secrecy
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Canada/1104477.html
Feds open door for more RRSP cash to buy houses
http://www.ottawasun.com/News/National/2009/02/03/8241746-sun.html
Lack of action on Khadr riles Muslim community
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090203.wPOLkhadr0203/BNStory/politics/home
OPINION AND INFORMATION -
O Canada, what do we stand on guard for?
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Opinion/1104488.html
The budget — and government — we asked for - You are talking about the public good. That is the wrong way to look at a budget. It is about the government good a.k.a. the electoral interest of whoever happens to be in power at the moment. Any connection with the public good is accidental.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090202.wcobudget03/BNStory/specialComment/home
Don't laugh too hard about Danny's equalization dramas
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Opinion/1104404.html
Say it ain't so, Stephen
Prime Minister Harper was supposed to be the champion of Canadians who believe in things like small government and fiscal prudence -- they are now in shock http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Stephen/1246485/story.html
A Liberal budget in all but name
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/581198
Conservatives take their eyes off importance of innovation
http://www.thestar.com/Opinion/article/581203
Distant PM leaves Alberta feeling tense
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Columnists/Waugh_Neil/2009/02/03/8243261-sun.html
Debate belongs in Parliament
http://www.ottawasun.com/Comment/2009/02/03/8241661-sun.html
Banker pay cuts:Why are they doing it?
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/columnists/story.html?id=516660e6-73fa-48ec-8ecc-b7e7124e10a5
INFOS -
Industrie de l'acier: Ottawa plaide sa cause
http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/Economie-Affaires/2009/02/03/001-canada-us_fer-acier.shtml
Le Canada sur la sellette
http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/National/2009/02/03/002-canada-droits-homme.shtml
Une famille éprouvée
http://www.radio-canada.ca/regions/atlantique/2009/02/03/002-IPE-deportation-immigrant_n.shtml
Frontière canado-américaine:La sécurité en voie d'être resserrée
http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/National/2009/02/02/002-patrouille_frontiere.shtml
Budget conservateur: Amendement adopté
http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/Politique/2009/02/02/004-amendement-vote.shtml
Ignatieff sauve le gouvernement Harper
http://www.radio-canada.ca/emissions/les_coulisses_du_pouvoir/2008-2009/Entrevue.asp?idDoc=73474
Financement: les conservateurs bons premiers
http://www.ledevoir.com/2009/02/03/231143.html
C.-B.: déficits annoncés
http://www.ledevoir.com/2009/02/03/231159.html
Les conservateurs nagent dans l'argent
http://www.cyberpresse.ca/actualites/quebec-canada/politique-canadienne/200902/03/01-823503-les-conservateurs-nagent-dans-largent.php
Blitz d'Ottawa auprès de Washington
http://www.cyberpresse.ca/actualites/quebec-canada/politique-canadienne/200902/02/01-823472-blitz-dottawa-aupres-de-washington.php
Des soldats ayant pris part à des essais nucléaires poursuivent Ottawa
http://info.branchez-vous.com/Nationales/090202/N0202216AU.html
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Hmmm . . . any connection between articles ?
Flaherty made an interesting comment to the Whitby Chamber of Commerce the morning after his budget - he said the stimulus package was a "use it or lose it" proposition. Another term for it would be "ghost stimulus" - spending that looks big but doesn't quite materialize because the money is offered but isn't used. http://www.princegeorgecitizen.com/20090202173040/opinion/editorials/radical-budget-conservative.htmlHmmm . . . any connection between articles ?
HALIFAX – Four Atlantic Canadian economists say Ottawa's stimulus package will fall short on the East Coast as cash-strapped provinces are unable to fully participate in the spending spree and unemployed workers add to their welfare rolls. http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/581700
Cities across Canada have already approved their 2009 capital budgets. And it is hard for them to pump significant new money into new federal infrastructure initiatives because – unlike federal and provincial governments – they are forbidden, by law, from running a deficit. If Ottawa insists on paying only half the cost of work done through its infrastructure stimulus fund, and if provinces fail to pay the other half, many municipal projects will simply remain undone. Cities, quite simply, are in no position to cover a major share of this work. A "use it or lose it" requirement, dictating that federal infrastructure money be spent within two years, also seems to limit municipal participation. Many worthwhile projects don't fit within that time frame. http://www.chroniclejournal.com/stories.php?id=1 62276
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From: Ron ThorntonSubject: Re: Daily Digest February 2, 2009
Howdy Joe!
Just a few quick (hopefully) thoughts in regards to the February 2nd Digest. First, should there be a reduction in tailpipe emissions? Well, as cars cough pollution into the air primarily through their engine exhaust, especially when they are waiting for the damn light to change or the traffic to move, it actually makes sense to target this real source of real pollution. Much of the rest the enviromonkeys whine about is nonsense, but this is one area where some action could be taken.
On another issue, the Kingston paper wonders if polygamy should be considered legal. Well, if we decide to fully abandon having any standards what so ever, to just go with the flow, then sure. However, if a guy decides that he wants to marry his dad, grandpa, and an uncle or two, based on what you might consider his twisted beliefs, then they should also have that right. Sick? Nope, you just are not being tolerant.
I agree with Margo, that STV is the way to go, an idea whose time has indeed come. No losers, everyone is a winner. In fact, I think we should have a rep for every ten people to make it even fairer. 3 million MP's. Then again, there is something about having to elect a single person, even if it has to go to a runoff between the two leading vote getters, to elect a person, a human, an individual who can be held responsible by the voters instead of being just the puppet of a political organization. Moving closer to the ideal, instead of farther away, might also be worthy of consideration. Just a thought.
Cheers,
Ron Thornton
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From: Ray Strachan
Subject: Re: Daily Digest February 2, 2009
Quoting Joe Hueglin <joe.hueglin@bellnet.ca>:
Joe.....Beautiful Opinion in todays DD from The National Post explaining to us
poor illiterate souls how Geo W Bush should get the credit for bringing this
wonderful Democracy to Iraq. No mention of the hundreds of thousands
slaughtered there including Babies made into Hamburger meat. I hope God in his
wisdom gives The Asper Family everything they rightfully deserve. I know if I
were God I certainly would. What is the chain of command here in our Canadian
democracy? Is it B nai Brith, Canadian Jewish Congress,Asper Family or what
is the official order? Ray Strachan
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From: Larry Kazdan
To: sunletters@vancouversun.com
Subject: Letter to Editor re: Canadian human rights record blasted, Louisa Taylor, February 2
Re: Canadian human rights record blasted, Louisa Taylor, February 2
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Canadian+human+rights+record+blasted/1243664/story.html
How ironic to read your news item about Amnesty International Canada blasting the Conservative Government's human rights record, and then to see on the same page the headline "Soldier did not die in vain". What kind of government sends its soldiers to Afghanistan to fight and die for noble purposes, and simultaneously demonstrates lukewarm support for human rights in its own declared policies?
Larry Kazdan,
Vancouver, B.C.
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From: alan heisey <hize@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: Daily Digest February 2, 2009
joe and margo, p.r. may be an idea whose time is coming to n.b. but it seems to have come and gone in ontario where 63% of us unwashed said nyet in a province sponsored referendum! cz
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From: "Rebecca Gingrich"
Subject: Dozens dupe Indian airline, enter Canada
Our economy is in the toilet and we allow this to happen? We practically
have to give a blood and urine sample and disclose everything about
ourselves when wanting to fly out and this is going on? Where is our famous
'security' act. Was it introduced and passed just to control us? That is
what it looks like to me. Criminals can enter Canada but us average
innocent Canadians are vetted as if we were criminals? Oops--I forgot.
Criminals have rights in Canada, innocent people don't.
becky
Subject: Made in America but hire foreign workers at banks?
http://money.aol.com/news/articles/_a/bbdp/ap-investigation-banks-sought-foreign/324750?cid=5
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From: Rubie Britton
Subject: Food for Thought
A carrot, an egg, and a cup of coffee...You will never look at a cup of coffee the same way again.
A young woman went to her mother and told her 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 mother took her to the kitchen. She filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire. Soon the pots came to boil. In the first she placed carrots, in the second she placed eggs, and in the last she placed ground coffee beans. She let them sit and boil; without saying a word.
In about twenty minutes she turned off the burners. She fished the carrots out and placed them in a bowl. She pulled the eggs out and placed them in a bowl. Then she ladled the coffee out and placed it in a bowl. Turning to her daughter, she asked, ' Tell me what you see.'
'Carrots, eggs, and coffee,' she replied.
Her mother brought her closer and asked her to feel the carrots. She did and noted that they were soft. The mother then asked the daughter to take an egg and break it. After pulling off the shell, she observed the hard boiled egg
Finally, the mother asked the daughter to sip the coffee. The daughter smiled as she tasted its rich aroma. The daughter then asked, 'What does it mean, mother?'
Her mother explained that each of these objects had faced the same adversity: boiling water. Each reacted differently. The carrot went in strong, hard, and unrelenting. However, 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?' she asked her daughter. 'When adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?
Think of this: Which am I? Am I the carrot that seems strong, but with pain and adversity do I wilt and become soft and lose my strength?
Am I the egg that starts with a malleable heart, but changes with the heat? Did I have a fluid spirit, but after a death, a breakup, a financial hardship or some other trial, have I become hardened and stiff? Does my shell look the same, but on the inside am I bitter and tough with a stiff spirit and hardened heart?
Or am I like the coffee bean? The bean actually changes the hot water, the very circumstance that brings the pain. When the water gets hot, it releases the fragrance and flavor. If you are like the bean, when things are at their worst, you get better and change the situation around you. When the hour is the darkest and trials are their greatest do you elevate yourself to another level? How do you handle adversity? Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?
May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human and enough hope to make you happy.
The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes a long their way. The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past; you can't go forward in life until you let go of your past failures and heartaches.
When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling.
Live your life so at the end, you're the one who is smiling and everyone around you is crying.
May we all be COFFEE!!!!!
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