Transforming Adversity into Strength

A young woman, overwhelmed by life’s challenges, confided in her mother,

"I'm so tired of fighting. I don't know how to go on." Her mother, a wise woman,

took her to the kitchen. She filled three pots with water and placed them

on the stove. Once boiling, she added a potato to one, an egg to the second,

and coffee beans to the third. The daughter watched, puzzled. After some time,

her mother removed them. The potato, once tough, was now soft.

The egg, once fragile, was hard. The coffee beans, however,

had transformed the water itself into a rich, fragrant brew. "Each faced the