Asha sought her father for advice since she was growing weary and frustrated with life. Her father instructed her to bring a potato, an egg, and two tea leaves. He then took out three pots, put water in them, and set them on the stove.
He instructed Asha to put the things into each pot once the water was boiling and to keep an eye on them. After waiting about ten minutes, he instructed Asha to peel the potato, the egg, and the leaves. Asha was perplexed.
"Each thing was thrown into the same condition, boiling water," her father said in his explanation. Watch how each one reacted differently.
The egg was soft, but it is now hard, he continued. Initially hard, the potato is now squishy. And they altered the water in addition to the tea leaves.
The father then questioned, "Do we respond to adversity in the same way they have? Are you a potato, an egg, or some tea leaves right now?