Here’s some good old Here’s some good old Chinese wisdom!Chinese 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 a on the ends of a pole, which she pole, which she carried across her carried 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 water. portion of water.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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