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The Cracked Pot by Nobody: 6:50pm On Sep 09, 2014
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.”
MORALS
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.
Author Unknown

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Re: The Cracked Pot by Aipete2(f): 11:10am On Sep 10, 2014
Hmmmm, nice work dear
Re: The Cracked Pot by Nobody: 1:42pm On Sep 10, 2014
Hmmm.... Make sense..
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Re: The Cracked Pot by AudreyTimms(f): 5:06pm On Sep 10, 2014
This is beautiful! I love it!

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