Originally posted by Ragerunner
In honour of bubz
hahah thanks ragie... didn't i have that in my sig once?
hehe i got this in an emial just then, how cute:
> A water bearer in China had two large pots, each
> hung on the ends of a pole which he carried across his
> 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
> bearer delivering only one and a half pots full of
> water to his house.
>
> Of course, the perfect pot was proud of its
> accomplishments, perfect for which it was made.
> But the poor cracked pot was ashamed of its own
> imperfection, and miserable that it was able to
> accomplish only half of what it had been made to do.
>
>
> After 2 years of what it perceived to be a bitter
> failure, it spoke to the water bearer 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 bearer said to the pot,
> "Did you notice that there were flowers only on your
> side of the path, but not on the other pot's side?
> That's because I have always known about your flaw,
> and I planted flower
> seeds on your side of the path, and every day while we
> walk back,
> you've watered 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"
>
> Moral: Each of us has our own unique flaws. We're all
> cracked pots.
>
> 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.
> Blessings to all my crackpot friends.