1. Here’s some good oldHere’s some good old
Chinese wisdom!Chinese wisdom!
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2. An elderlyAn elderly
Chinese womanChinese woman
had two largehad two large
pots, each hungpots, each hung
on the ends of aon the ends of a
pole, which shepole, which she
carried across hercarried across her
neck.neck.

3. One of the potsOne of the pots
had a crack in ithad a crack in it
while the otherwhile the other
pot was perfectpot was perfect
and alwaysand always
delivered a fulldelivered a full
portion of water.portion of water.

4. At the end of theAt the end of the
long walk fromlong walk from
the stream to thethe stream to the
house, thehouse, the
cracked potcracked pot
arrived only halfarrived only half
full.full.

5. For a full two years this went onFor a full two years this went on
daily, with the woman bringingdaily, with the woman bringing
home only one and a half pots ofhome only one and a half pots of
water.water.

6. Of course, theOf course, the
perfect pot was proudperfect pot was proud
of its accomplishments.of its accomplishments.

7. But the poor cracked pot wasBut the poor cracked pot was
ashamed of its ownashamed of its own
imperfection, and miserableimperfection, and miserable
that it could only do half ofthat it could only do half of
what it had been made to do.what it had been made to do.

8. After 2 yearsAfter 2 years
of what itof what it
perceived toperceived to
be bitterbe bitter
failure, itfailure, it
spoke to thespoke to the
woman onewoman one
day by theday by the
stream.stream.

9. ““I amI am
ashamed ofashamed of
myself,myself,
because thisbecause this
crack in mycrack in my
side causesside causes
water towater to
leak out allleak out all
the waythe way
back to yourback to your
house.”house.”

10. The old woman smiled, “Did youThe old woman smiled, “Did you
notice that there are flowers onnotice that there are flowers on
your side of the path, but not onyour side of the path, but not on
the other pot’s side?the other pot’s side?

11. That’s becauseThat’s because
I have alwaysI have always
known aboutknown about
your flaw, so Iyour flaw, so I
planted flowerplanted flower
seeds on yourseeds on your
side of theside of the
path, and everypath, and every
day while weday while we
walk back, youwalk back, you
water them.”water them.”

12. ““For two yearsFor two years
I have beenI have been
able to pickable to pick
thesethese
beautifulbeautiful
flowers toflowers to
decorate thedecorate the
table.”table.”

13. Without you beingWithout you being
just the way you are,just the way you are,
there would not bethere would not be
this beauty to gracethis beauty to grace
the house.”the house.”

14. Each of us has our own unique flaw…Each of us has our own unique flaw…

15. But it’s theBut it’s the
cracks andcracks and
flaws weflaws we
each haveeach have
that makethat make
our livesour lives
together sotogether so
veryvery
interestinginteresting
andand
rewarding.rewarding.

16. You’ve just gotYou’ve just got
to take eachto take each
person for whatperson for what
they are and lookthey are and look
for the good infor the good in
them.them.

17. To all of my crackpot friends,To all of my crackpot friends,
have a great dayhave a great day
and remember to smell the flowers,and remember to smell the flowers,
on your side of the path.on your side of the path.

18. Take the time to send thisTake the time to send this
messagemessage
to all your friends Who have ato all your friends Who have a
crackedcracked
side…side…
And God knows how manyAnd God knows how many
we are!!!we are!!!