<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><entry xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15479583.post-116298612409018294</id><published>2006-11-08T03:41:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-08T03:42:04.110-08:00</updated><title type='text'>how do you handle adversity? Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean</title><summary type='text'> A daughter complained to her father about life and how hard things are for her.  She said she wanted to give up as she was tired of struggling. For just as one  problem was solved, another arose.           Her father, a  chef, took her to the kitchen, filled three pots with water and placed the fire  on high.          Soon the three pots came to a  boil. In one he placed carrots, in the other he</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sketchesofraj.blogspot.com/feeds/116298612409018294/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15479583&amp;postID=116298612409018294' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15479583/posts/default/116298612409018294'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15479583/posts/default/116298612409018294'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sketchesofraj.blogspot.com/2006/11/how-do-you-handle-adversity-are-you.html' title='how do you handle adversity? Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean'/><author><name>Rajmahendra</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00324523881249859811</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10329201270529314764'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>6</thr:total></entry>