Wake up and smell the coffee

A woman filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire. Soon the pots came to a boil. In the first, she placed carrots, in the second she placed eggs, and in the last she placed ground coffee beans.

She let them sit and boil. In about twenty minutes, she turned off the burners. 

She fished the carrots out and placed them in a bowl. She pulled the eggs out and placed them in a bowl. Then she ladled the coffee out and placed it in a bowl.

She felt the carrots and noted that they were soft. She then took an egg and broke it. After pulling off the shell, she observed the hard-boiled egg. Finally, she took a sip of the coffee and tasted its rich aroma.

These objects had faced the same adversity - boiling water - but each reacted differently. The carrot went in strong, hard and unrelenting. However, after being subjected to the boiling water, it softened and became weak.
The egg had been fragile. Its thin outer shell had protected its liquid interior. But, after sitting through the boiling water, its inside became hardened! The ground coffee beans were unique, however. After they were in the boiling water, they had changed the water.

The bean actually changed the hot water, the very circumstance that brings the pain.

Peace