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Re: [RC] To all my cracked pot Friends, Have a Wonderful HolidaySeason - Chelsea Marsh

Thanks for sharing such a great story! It really made my day!

Happy Holidays!
Chelsea
On Sat, 16 Dec 2006 14:45:22 -0500, "Tom Sites" <goearth@xxxxxxxxxxx>
said:







    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.

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

      

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 Chelsea Marsh
 chelsea_marsh@xxxxxxxxxxx


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