Here’s some good Here’s some good old Chinese old Chinese

wisdom!wisdom!

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An elderly An elderly Chinese woman Chinese woman had two large had two large pots, each hung pots, each hung on the ends of on the ends of a pole, which a pole, which she carried she carried across her across her neck. neck.

One of the pots One of the pots had a crack in it had a crack in it while the other while the other pot was perfect pot was perfect and always and always delivered a full delivered a full portion of portion of water. water.

At the end of At the end of the long walk the long walk from the from the stream to the stream to the house, the house, the cracked pot cracked pot arrived only arrived only half full.half full.

For a full two For a full two years this went years this went on daily, with the on daily, with the woman bringing woman bringing home only one home only one and a half pots and a half pots of water.of water.

Of course, the Of course, the perfect pot was perfect pot was proud of its proud of its accomplishments. accomplishments.

But the poor But the poor cracked pot cracked pot was ashamed was ashamed of its own of its own imperfection, imperfection, and miserable and miserable that it could that it could only do half of only do half of what it had what it had been made to been made to do. do.

After 2 years After 2 years of what it of what it perceived to perceived to be bitter be bitter failure, it failure, it spoke to the spoke to the woman one day woman one day by the by the stream.stream.

““I am ashamed I am ashamed of myself, of myself, because this because this crack in my crack in my side causes side causes water to water to leak out all leak out all the way back the way back to your to your house.” house.”

The old woman The old woman smiled, “Did you smiled, “Did you notice that notice that there are there are flowers on your flowers on your side of the side of the path, but not on path, but not on the other pot’s the other pot’s side? side?

That’s because I That’s because I have always have always known about your known about your flaw, so I planted flaw, so I planted flower seeds on flower seeds on your side of the your side of the path, and every path, and every day while we day while we walk back, you walk back, you water them.” water them.”

“ “For two years I have been For two years I have been able to pick these beautiful able to pick these beautiful flowers to decorate the flowers to decorate the table.”table.”

Without you being just the way Without you being just the way you are, there would not be you are, there would not be this beauty to grace the this beauty to grace the house.”house.”

Each of us has our own unique Each of us has our own unique flaw…flaw…

But it’s the cracks and flaws we But it’s the cracks and flaws we each have that make our lives each have that make our lives together so very interesting and together so very interesting and rewarding. rewarding.

You’ve just got to take each person You’ve just got to take each person for what they are and look for for what they are and look for the good in them. the good in them.

To all of my crackpot friends, To all of my crackpot friends, have a great day have a great day and remember to smell the flowers, and remember to smell the flowers, on your side of the path.on your side of the path.

Take the time to send this Take the time to send this message message

to all your friends Who have a to all your friends Who have a

cracked cracked side…side…

And God knows how many And God knows how many we are!!!we are!!!