Saturday, October 18, 2008

My Crackpot Friends ♥

I got this email from a friend this morning and just loved it to pieces! Hopefully you all see the beauty in it as well

My Crackpot Friends

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 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 a 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! Pass this message along to YOUR crackpot friends too! ♥

5 comments:

esque said...

I love this story! And I agree, it's the imperfections that make life interesting!

Unknown said...

What a beautiful story! Thanks so much for sharing it.

Unknown said...

Thank you- I've sent this to the women in my life that need to hear it now! Especially lovely to read after spending hours and hours in my garden today!

Unknown said...

Aw, very cute!!

Denise Felton said...

*trying to come up with a redeeming reason for my cracks*