Cracked Pot

An elderly Chinese woman once had two large pots, each hung on the ene ofa pole which she carried across her neck.
One of the pots had a crack in it while the other pot was perfect and always delvered 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 an ashamed of myself, because this crack in my side causes water to leak out all the way backto 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 seed 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 flower 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 flew. But it's the cracks and flaw we each have that makes our lives together so very interesting and rewarding.
You'v just got to take each person for what they are look for the good in them.
So, tell all your crackpot friends, have a great day and remember to smell the flowers on your side of the path.


I hop this blog brings some flowers to your life.



Ron Clanton
The Outlaw Gourmet
The author of the above is unknown.