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. To all of my crackpot friends from this crackpot, have a great day and remember to smell the flowers.
Beautiful story. Makes me think of how sluts spread love around without knowing the beauty of what they do.
??? huh ??? So, why didn't the old woman change the pots every other day so that both sides of the road got watered? She then wouldn't have gotten a bad back. When a tooth hurts one chews on the other side of the mouth.
Two blind men were shown an elephant. One was taken to the back end, the other to the front. They were then asked to describe the elephant. One described it as being a large, flat, and coarse, with a small piece of rope attached between two huge stumps. The other described it as large, coarse, with a huge long piece between two huge flaps that were between two huge stumps. Each blind person thought that the other was mad, stupid, and ignorant of the facts, and they each vehemently argued the rightness of their observation. Knowing only part of the truth is akin to total blindness.
or grow at all...maybe they needed lots a water to survive...or maybe there wouldnt be as much... i dunno, im just throwing junk out there
maybe she didnt know how to build a house. Or maybe it was already built when she moved there. Or maybe she needed and enjoyed the exercise.
