sundude

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 c ourse, 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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Mayor

:lol: I hate flowers...........hehe......but, good message......;)

billable

Who are you calling a crackpot?

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James Johnston

:lol: Glad he thinks of me as an old man and not one of his crackpot friends..........

sundude

What happened?

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your goal; you do not change your decision to get there."


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