I don’t usually post sayings and things that are passed

 around on the net but I really liked this one so 

indulge me!

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!