CRACKED POT
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 and
family, have a great day and remember to
smell the flowers on your side of the path!
Bella gets her brace off....YEAH!!! Well, actually she only has to wear it at night now just for a month. She loves having it off and stretching her legs out. I cannot believe how fast she is growing, here I thought she was growing fast in my belly, she is growing fast on the outside as well. She just went for her 2 month shots last week and she weighs 14 pounds and is at 23 inches long (the doctor said she is the size of a 4 month old) and she is only 2 1/2 months old. Bella is trying to sit up and and smile and laugh a little, she likes making funny faces when she wakes up..... (her right ear is starting to stick out because of her seat so I need to work on it)
