Great Point of View
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!
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