You, you, cracked pots!

[Guest guest]

hi thanks for sharing this

i am having a horrible terrible no good very bad Friday

got some very disappointing news and i am not too cheery today

feels like a rainy gloomy Monday ...

ugh

[Guest guest]

A water bearer in China had two large pots, each hung on the ends of

a pole which he carried across his 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

theHouse, the cracked pot arrived only half full.

For a full two years this went on daily, with the bearer delivering

only one and a half pots full of water to his house. Of course, the

perfect pot was proud of its accomplishments, perfect for which it

was made. But the poor cracked pot was ashamed of it's own

imperfection. And miserable that it was able to accomplish only half

of what it had been made to do.

After two years of what it perceived to be a bitter failure, it

spoke to the water bearer one day by the stream. " I am ashamed of

myself, and I want to apologize to you. I have been able to deliver

only half my load because this crack in my side causes water to leak

out all the way back to your house. Because of my flaws, you have to

do all of this work, and you don't get full value from your

efforts, " the pot said.

The bearer said to the pot, " Did you notice that there were flowers

only 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've watered 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?

Moral: Each of us has our own unique flaws.

We're all cracked pots.

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.

Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not be bent out of shape.

Remember to appreciate all the different people in your life.

Blessings to all my cracked pot friends