Here’s some good old
Chinese wisdom!
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An elderly
Chinese woman
had two large
pots, each hung
on the ends of
a pole, which
she carried
across her
neck.
One of the pots
had a crack in it
while the other
pot was perfect
and always
delivered a full
portion of
water.
At the end of
the long walk
from the
stream to the
house, the
cracked pot
arrived only
half full.
For a full two
years this went
on daily, with
the woman
bringing home
only one and a
half pots of
water.
Of course, the
perfect pot was
proud of its
accomplishments
.
But the poor
cracked pot
was ashamed
of its own
imperfection,
and miserable
that it could
only do half of
what it had
been made to
do.
After 2 years
of what it
perceived to
be bitter
failure, it
spoke to the
woman one
day by the
stream.
“I am
ashamed of
myself,
because this
crack in my
side causes
water to leak
out all the
way back to
your house.”
The old woman
smiled, “Did
you notice that
there are
flowers on your
side of the
path, but not
on the other
pot’s side?
That’s because I
have always
known about
your flaw, so I
planted flower
seeds on your
side of the path,
and every day
while we walk
back, you water
them.”
“For two years I have been
able to pick these
beautiful flowers to
decorate the table.”
Without you being just the
way you are, there would
not be this beauty to grace
the house.”
Each of us has our own unique
flaw…
But it’s the cracks and flaws we
each have that make our lives
together so very interesting and
rewarding.
You’ve just got to take each
person for what they are and
look for the good in them.
To all of my crackpot friends,
have a great day
and remember to smell the
flowers,
on your side of the path.
Take the time to send this
message
to all your friends Who have a
cracked
side…
And God knows how many
we are!!!
