A nice thought

A friend of mine forwarded this to me.... I liked it and thought I would share it.


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 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 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 had been made to do.

After 2 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.

SO, to all of my crackpot friends, have a great day and remember to
smell
the flowers on your side of the path!