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there was an old woamn who had to carry 2 pots of water everyday back from the river. the trouble was one pot was perfect while the other had a slight crack.
everyday, she would carry the 2 pot of waters back home. the perfect pot held a full pot of water while the cracket one only half - half of the water from the cracked pot would sip out and drip away along the path while she walked back everyday.
for 2 yrs this went on. the perfect pot was very proud of itself for doing a perfect job. the cracked pot on the other side was rather ashamed of itself. one day, it finally spoke to the old woman as she was as usual filling up the water from the river into the 2 pots.
cracked pot: "old lady, i m so sorry and ashamed of myself......i lost half of the water that u are supposed to bring back...."
the old woman smiled and said: "oh no! it's alright. i knew that and purposely let u drip out half of the water along the way...."
this greatly surprised the cracked pot that the old woman wasn't mad or disappointed at all. she continued, " i know about ur slight crack and so i planted flower seeds along the path on the side i carry you. did u not see the beautiful flowers that only grow on your side?"
she smiled widely, "it's because of ur crack that for 2 yrs u ve watered the flowers. when they bloomed, i would cut it and decorate up my house."
we got to look at the goodness in our flaws which make this world more colorful and interesting.
so to all my cracked pot friends, remember to smell the flowers on your side of the path.
everyday, she would carry the 2 pot of waters back home. the perfect pot held a full pot of water while the cracket one only half - half of the water from the cracked pot would sip out and drip away along the path while she walked back everyday.
for 2 yrs this went on. the perfect pot was very proud of itself for doing a perfect job. the cracked pot on the other side was rather ashamed of itself. one day, it finally spoke to the old woman as she was as usual filling up the water from the river into the 2 pots.
cracked pot: "old lady, i m so sorry and ashamed of myself......i lost half of the water that u are supposed to bring back...."
the old woman smiled and said: "oh no! it's alright. i knew that and purposely let u drip out half of the water along the way...."
this greatly surprised the cracked pot that the old woman wasn't mad or disappointed at all. she continued, " i know about ur slight crack and so i planted flower seeds along the path on the side i carry you. did u not see the beautiful flowers that only grow on your side?"
she smiled widely, "it's because of ur crack that for 2 yrs u ve watered the flowers. when they bloomed, i would cut it and decorate up my house."
we got to look at the goodness in our flaws which make this world more colorful and interesting.
so to all my cracked pot friends, remember to smell the flowers on your side of the path.
