Crackpots
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 walks 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 two years of what it perceived to be bitter failure, it spoke to the woman one day by the stream.
'I am ashamed of myself, be cause 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
from me, crackpot
salax..lol.. i heard too.. lets wait to hear some gun shots out here soon.
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It Takes 72 Muscles to Frown...And Only 14 To Smile.
: ) Keep Smiling : )
Thexo.... wht made you feel am violent??? LOL
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It Takes 72 Muscles to Frown...And Only 14 To Smile.
: ) Keep Smiling : )
Salax, Cookie dough does have its side effects, but lets see how it goes lol.
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haneyjaney, I'm goin in 15 mins. Just downloading some songs.
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lol cookie dough is not = Escobar :P, cookie dough = Thexonic
Arien: cookie dough will keep u calm, try smoking it sometime ;).
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thexonic, sweets what time are you going for a walk.. im still at work. ugh.
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Labda.. I'm always disoriented.. that's why my parents sent me here.
What are you still awake???? LOL
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╬ Somebody's Heine' is crowdin' my icebox ╬
Hi labda.. mususri saana.hope all well
Thexo - whoes dough?
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It Takes 72 Muscles to Frown...And Only 14 To Smile.
: ) Keep Smiling : )
Want some cookie dough???
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Could it be also an American or British lady on the story?
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A good husband is healthy and always absent.
A healthy man is a successful man.
Japanese Proverbs
Arien, thats a nice one. How've you been?
Forget janeyjaney, it only takes tinned tomatoes, pineapple juice and who knows what else to completely disorient her, hehe. janeyyyyyy, talk to you later sweets xx
"Quit hanging on to the handrails . . . Let go. Surrender. Go for the ride of your life. Do it every day." Melody Beattie
Arien.. I do. Can't she be Vietnamese? LOL
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Janey .. thats how it was reading.. why? u dont like em??
salax - you alright today??
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It Takes 72 Muscles to Frown...And Only 14 To Smile.
: ) Keep Smiling : )
i was a pothead but not a crackhead.. does that count?
oh, did she have to be chinese? why?
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but nice again reading it...
"Never love a person you can live with,
Always Love a person you can never live without"
Talking Chinese pots?! Methinks someone was taking a bit of the old LSD when they thought than one up.
saw the title of this and thought someone was talking to me!!!
Good story..have seen it before, still enjoyed it!
Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked,the good fortune to run into the ones I do,and the eyesight to tell the difference.