An elderly 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 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 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.
Always remember to smell the flowers on your
side of the path!
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