An elderly Chinese woman carried two pots on a pole across her neck each day to fetch water - one pot was perfect while the other had a crack, causing it to only deliver half as much water. For two years this continued, with the cracked pot feeling ashamed of its imperfection. However, the woman had planted flowers along the cracked pot's side of the path, which it watered daily on the walk home. She was able to enjoy the beautiful flowers thanks to the pot's crack. The moral is that our flaws make our lives together interesting and rewarding.