The Story of the Cracked Pot

Found this story on Friendster bulletin board...
Very nice story..
There was no actual title.. so i'm giving it one...


The Story of the Cracked Pot

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 it 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.

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

-------------------------

Moral of the story:
Inanimate objects have feelings too.
So be considerate of them and change their flaws into benefits/advantages.
=D

================

See? If a message has its meaning and value, people will gladly forward them.

You don't have to resort to force to do that.

You don't have to curse and threaten people to forward a message.

If they don't choose to, it is their choice.

You have other people to pass the message to or through.





Stop forwarding pointless chains...




cause...

When the forwarding stops...

..so does the useless chain.

- Another attempt of the 'Stop the Chain' Campaign -