Parable Once a merchant came to the sage and began to complain that everything around is not so, that he no longer has the strength to fight the competition, business is going badly, the goods are defective and robbers and thieves are lurking everywhere.

The sage put 3 identical pots of water on the fire, put a carrot in one, put an egg in another, and poured coffee beans into the third. After a while, he took the carrot and egg out of the water and poured coffee from the third pot into the cup.

What has changed? – asked the sage.

• The egg and carrot were boiled, and the coffee beans dissolved in the water – answered the merchant.
• No, this is only a superficial view of things. Look – hard carrots, after being in boiling water, became soft and pliable. A fragile and runny egg became solid.

Externally, they did not change, they only changed their structure under the influence of the same unfavorable circumstances – boiling water.

The same is true of people – the outwardly strong can become weak and become weaklings, where the fragile and tender will only harden and strengthen.

The coffee beans completely dissolved in the new hostile environment and changed it – turning the boiling water into a wonderful aromatic drink.

There are special people who do not change because of circumstances – they change the circumstances themselves and turn them into something new and beautiful, receiving benefit and knowledge from the situation…