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Flaw's
- Apr 21, 2009 at 10:42 AM
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(I did not wright this I found it on another post but this is what I believe)
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 walks 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 two 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.
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I love this little story!!! I read it from someone else after I had baby, and it must've been one of those moments"It was meant for me to read" Today must have been another one!! I don't normally read journal posts!! Talk to you soon!!
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