導讀：人生幾何，總有些坎坷需要跨越，總有些責任需要擔當，不斷的跌倒，才有不變的頑強與收獲;不變的風雨，才有不斷的歷練與懂得。生命的路，不能選擇的是放棄的路，不能拒絕的是成長的路。

　　Once upon a time a daughter complained to her father that her life was miserable and that she didn’t know how she was going to make it. She was tired of fighting and struggling all the time. It seemed just as one problem was solved, another one soon followed.

　　從前，女兒向父親抱怨道，她的人生苦不堪言，她不知道如何繼續生活下去。她厭倦了一直奮斗掙扎。仿佛解決了一個問題，立刻就會出現另一個問題。

　　Her father, a chef, took her to the kitchen. He filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire. Once the three pots began to boil, he placed potatoes in one pot, eggs in the second pot, and ground coffee beans in the third pot.

　　做廚師的父親把她帶到廚房里。他分別往三口鍋里添上了水，并放到高火上煮。當三口鍋里的水沸騰的時候，他把土豆放到一口鍋里，把雞蛋放到第二口鍋里，最后把研磨過的咖啡豆放到第三口鍋里。

　　He then let them sit and boil, without saying a word to his daughter. The daughter, moaned and impatiently waited, wondering what he was doing.

　　然后他把它們放好，繼續在沸水中煮，一句話都不跟女兒說。女兒抱怨著，不耐煩地等待著，想知道他在做什么。

　　After twenty minutes he turned off the burners. He took the potatoes out of the pot and placed them in a bowl. He pulled the eggs out and placed them in a bowl.

　　二十分鐘后，他關掉爐灶，從鍋里拿出土豆，放進一個碗里;拿出雞蛋，也放進一個碗里。

　　He then ladled the coffee out and placed it in a cup. Turning to her he asked. “Daughter, what do you see?”