> >> WONDERFUL CHINESE STORY
> >>
> >> 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.
> >>
> >> B ut 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.
> >>
> >> SO, to all of my crackpot friends,remember to smell the flowers on your
> > side
> >> of the path!
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>

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