Good to live bye

[vwtrike (Rich)]

Loved this         - I hope you do too.



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 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.

And         remember to smell the flowers on your side of the         
path!