To all you Crackpots!

[Nita Lopez]

 

 

 

This was such a neat story I just had to share it -

A water bearer in China had two large pots, each hung on the ends
of a pole which he carried across his neck.

One pot 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 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 its own imperfection, and miserable that it was able to
accomplish only half of what it had been made to do.

After 2 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, because this crack in my side causes water
to leak out all the way back to your house." 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, and I planted
flower seeds on your side of the path. 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.

Blessings to all crackpots . . .

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