Here’s some good old Chinese wisdom!
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.
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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.”
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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.
Just like the fingers are,
they are not the same size, so are our friendships, relationships, marriages
let us learn to live with each other harmoniously.
Take the time to share this
message to all your friends who have a cracked side…
And God knows how many we are!!!
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