1.The Cracked Pot
A
water bearer worked for a merchant who lived on top of a hill. Every day he had
to walk down the hill to collect water from a stream. He would place it in two
pots which he hung on each end of a pole and carried over his shoulders. One of
the pots was perfect and always delivered a full portion of water at the end of
the long walk. The other pot had a crack and would always arrive half full.
The perfect pot was proud of its accomplishments whilst
the poor cracked pot was ashamed of his own imperfection.
One day the cracked pot spoke to the water bearer,”I feel
like I have been such a burden to you. This cracke on my side, has made me
useless. I end up spilling hald the water and I feel so ashamed” he said.
The water bearer smiled, and quietly said,”As we return
to the merchant’s house today, I want you to notice the beautiful flowers along
the path.”
All along his side of the path the pot noticed a beautiful blaze of colorful flowers while
the other side was still dry.
As they reached the top of the hill, the water bearer said,”I
have always known about your crack and took
advantage of it by planting seeds that you watered every day. And now,
look at these beautiful flowers along the way. Without you being just the way
you are, the path would never have has such beauty.”
The cracked pot was overjoyed. He understood that the
very thing he thought to be his flaw turned out to be his flaw turned out to be
a blessings for the flowers along the path.
MORAL-Each of us has our own unique flaws. We are
all cracked pots. But it is 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 them.
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