A daughter complained to the father about his life which is very heavy. He did not know anymore what to do and intend to give up. He felt tired to continue fighting and struggling. If one problem has been overcame, the problems of the
others appear.

Then, his father, a chef who took him to the kitchen. He fills a pot with three water and then put a third above the fire. Immediately water in a pot-pot is boiling. Inclusion in the pan first few carrots to the pot in the second inclusion few eggs. And, in the last pot inclusion coffee seeds. And the third dibiarkannya
the pot some time without saying a few words.

The girls mouth tightly and do not wait with patience. It was surprise to see what is his father. After about twenty minutes, his father off the stove.

Take carrot-carrot and laid in the bowl. Take the eggs and egg-ditaruhnya in the bowl. Then dituangkannya also in coffee cup.

Immediately after that he turned to the daughter, and said: "Sayangku, kaulihat what?"

"Carrot, egg, and coffee," answered his son.

The father brought his son come up and make it feel carrot. He was doing and found that carrot-carrot is soft. Then the father ask his son to take the eggs and solve.

After the peel the skin of the child to get a hard-cooked eggs.

The last father ask his son slurp coffee. He smiled when the smell fragrant aroma of coffee. With humility he asked "What does it mean, father?"

The father explained that each object has been suffering the same experience, ie, the boiling water, but each reaction is different. Carrot a strong, loud, and unruly, it appeared that after cooked in boiling water to become soft and weak. Eggs are fragile, only has a thin epidermis that protect the liquid inside. However, after cooked
in boiling water, the liquid in it to be loud. While the seeds are very unique coffee. Once cooked in boiling water, coffee is the fresh water to be comfortable.

"That which you, my son?" the father asked.

"When suffering knock the door of your life, how reaksimu Do you carrot, egg, or coffee?"

How about you, buddy?

Would you like a carrot, which seem hard, but when dealing with the pain and suffering become flaccid, weak, and lose strength?

Do you like eggs, the first be obedient? Are you soulless was soft, but after a death occurs, split, divorce, or dismissal, you become a hard and obstinate? Outside your skin is still the same, but if you become bitter, pertinacious, and obstinate?

Or if you like coffee beans? The coffee is hot water, things that bring the pain, even at the time when the peak reaches 100 º C. When the water becomes hot, it would be more comfortable.

If you like coffee beans, then when everything seems in even the worst circumstances you can be better and also create the atmosphere around you better.

How do you face suffering? Whether as carrots, eggs, or coffee bean?

Allah will not change the fate of a nation, except that the change itself.


Ramadan makes us courageous and steadfast in the face any problems and suffering.