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(Message started by: kayarr on Mar 30^th, 2007, 8:10pm)

Title: and again....
Post by kayarr on Mar 30^th, 2007, 8:10pm

McK Confucious say…

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

SO, to all of my crackpot friends, have a great day and remember to smell the flowers on your side of the path!

;)

Title: Re: and again....
Post by Redd on Mar 30^th, 2007, 8:16pm

Of all the inspirational things I've read over the years...(and I read alot of them), I've never run across this one before.

I love it...and it's helped me see differently, some things I've been struggling with lately.

Thank you.

Title: Re: and again....
Post by Kevin_M on Mar 30^th, 2007, 9:03pm

Being cracked has it's moments.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d3/CRACKED_31_Sep_63.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a1/363_427.png/180px-363_427.png

Title: Re: and again....
Post by nani on Mar 30^th, 2007, 9:20pm

Well, this crackpot really appreciated that story. Thanks. :-*