I *AM* a Coffee Bean!!!

I've never loved coffee as much as I do now, after reading this lovely anaolgy story:

      This one will take a minute or two to read, but please make the
       time.  It will bless your heart and make you think.  You will
       never look at a cup of coffee the same way again.
       
       A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life and
       how things were so hard for her.  She did not know how she was
       going to make it and wanted to give up.  She was tired of
       fighting and struggling.  It seemed as one problem was solved, a
       new one arose.
       
       Her mother took her to the kitchen.  She filled three pots with
       water and placed each on a high fire.  Soon the pots came to
       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; without saying a word.
       
       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.  Turning to her daughter, she asked,
       'Tell me what you see.'
       
       'Carrots, eggs, and coffee,' she replied.
       
       Her mother brought her closer and asked her to feel the
       carrots.  She did and noted that they were soft.  The mother
       then asked the daughter to take an egg and break it.  After
       pulling off the shell, she observed the hard boiled egg.
       
       Finally, the mother asked the daughter to sip the coffee.  The
       daughter smiled as she tasted its rich aroma.  The daughter then
       asked, 'What does it mean, mother?'
       
       Her mother explained that each of these objects had faced the
       same adversity: boiling water.  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.
       
       'Which are you?' she asked her daughter.  'When adversity knocks
       on your door, how do you respond?  Are you a carrot, an egg or a
       coffee bean?
       
       Think of this: Which am I?  Am I the carrot that seems strong,
       but with pain and adversity do I wilt and become soft and lose
       my strength?
       
       Am I the egg that starts with a malleable heart, but changes
       with the heat?  Did I have a fluid spirit, but after a breakup,
       a financial hardship or some other trial, have I become hardened
       and stiff?  Does my shell look the same, but on the inside am I
       bitter and tough with a stiff spirit and hardened heart?
       
       Or am I like the coffee bean?  The bean actually changes the hot
       water, the very circumstance that brings the pain.  When the
       water gets hot, it releases the fragrance and flavor.  If you
       are like the bean, when things are at their worst, you get
       better and change the situation around you.  When the hour is
       the darkest and trials are their greatest, do you elevate
       yourself to another level?  How do you handle adversity?  Are
       you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?