A daughter thought life was unpromising to her and complained to her father about it. She

A daughter thought life was unpromising to her and plained to her father about it. She did not know how she was going to   21  and wanted to give up. She was   22  of fighting and struggling. It seemed as if one problem was just solved before a new one   23 .
Her father, a cook, took her to the   24 . He filled three pots with water and placed each on a high   25 . Soon the pots came to a   26 . In one he placed carrots, in the second he placed eggs, and the last he placed ground coffee beans. He let them sit and boil, without saying a word.
The daughter sucked her teeth and   27  waited, asking repeatedly what he was doing. In about twenty minutes he turned off the   28  . He fished the carrots out and placed them in a bowl. He pulled the eggs out and placed them in a bowl. Then he spooned the coffee out and placed it in another. Turning to her he asked, “Darling, what do you see?”
“Carrots, eggs, and coffee,” she replied.
He brought her closer and asked her to   29  the carrots. She did and noted that they were soft. He then asked her to take an egg and break it. After pulling off the   30 , she observed the hard-boiled egg! Finally, he asked her to taste the coffee. She smiled   31  she tasted its rich flavor. She humbly asked, “What does it mean, Father?”
He explained that each of them had faced the same   32 , boiling water, but each   33      differently. The carrot went in   34  and hard. But after being subjected to the boiling water, it   35  and became weak. The egg had been   36 . Its thin outer shell had protected its liquid interior. But after sitting   37  the boiling water, its inside became hardened. The ground coffee beans were unique,   38 . After they were in the boiling water, they had   39  the water.
“Which are you?” he asked his daughter. “When adversity knocks on your door,   40  do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg, or a coffee bean?”
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