The parable of the coffee bean

In the first pot, she put some carrots.

In the second pot, she put some eggs.

In the third pot, she put some coffee beans that had been grounded into coffee powder.

She boiled all three pots for 15 minutes.

Afterwards, she took out what she had put in the pot of boiling water.

The carrots which were hard became soft

The eggs which were soft insidebecame hard.

But the water had the color and the wonderful smell of coffee.

The coffee powder disappeared.

Then, she thought of her life as a teacher.

It is not always easy.

It is not always comfortable.

The life of a teacher is trying and difficult.

We work very hard but get few results.

Things don’t happen as we wish.

People don’t treat us as we hope.

The boiling water is like the problems in our life as teachers.

We can be like the carrots.

We go intough and strong.

We come out soft and weak.

We get exhausted.We lose hope.We give up.

We lose our fighting spirit.

We can be like the eggs.

We start with a soft and sensitive heart.

We end up very hard and unfeeling inside.

We become hard-hearted.

The warm feeling is gone, only bitterness remains.

We hate our job.We don’t like our students.

We can be like the coffee beans.

The water does not

change the coffee powder.

The coffee powder changes

the water!

The water has become different because of the coffee powder.

You can see it.You can smell it.You can taste it.

The hotterhotter the water, the betterbetter the taste.

We can be like the coffee beans.

We can make something good out of the difficulties we face in school.

We have the knowledge, the skills, and the abilities.

We have the potentials to change the lives of our students for the better.

We can make our school a better place for work and learning.

To succeed, we must try… and try again.We must believe in what we are doing.We must not give up.We must be patient.We must keep pushing.

difficulties

problemshandle with care

The problems and difficulties at school give us the chance to become strongerstronger… and tougher tougher …and better teachersbetter teachers.

What are we like when thingsdo not go well in school?

Are we like the carrots…

or the eggs…

or the coffee beans?

Be like the Be like the coffee beans!coffee beans!

Change the people Change the people around you at around you at school. Influence school. Influence them with your them with your good work…even if good work…even if others resist others resist change…change…

……even if others even if others harbor ill feelings harbor ill feelings against you.against you.

……be a positive be a positive influence. influence. Bring about Bring about change!change!

After all, in the After all, in the final final

Analysis, God will Analysis, God will be be

your judge.your judge.