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Old 06-15-2002, 10:06 AM
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A water bearer in India 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 yrs 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, and I want to apologize to you. I have been able to deliver only half my load because this crack in my side causes water to leak out all the way back to your house.

Because of my flaws, you have to do all of this work, and you don't get full value from your efforts," the pot said. 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 got to take each person for what they are, and look for the good in them. Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not be bent out of shape. Remember to appreciate all the different people in your life!

Thank you all my crackpot friends, from your crackpot friend!


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Old 06-15-2002, 10:46 AM
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Id be rich,, Ive got a talking pot!!!

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Old 06-23-2002, 07:59 PM
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Those of us who suffer certain half measures can appreciate your message. PTSD gives some of us half a life but your poem reminds me of one saying by Henry Van Dyke where he said "One truly affectionate soul in a family will exert a sweetening and harmonizing influence upon all its members." From one of those cracked Pots!
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Old 06-23-2002, 11:19 PM
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The Jews invented the drip method for watering after reading the parable. The most effective cost cutting method of watering gardens.

We crack pots are useful. We can spread it around.

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