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Yruc
Quit Date: August 16, 2004
Posts: 138 Location: Kansas
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Posted: April 13, 2005 8:58 AM Post subject: Are you a crackpot? |
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I ran across this little gem, hope you enjoy as I did.
A water bearer in China had two large pots, each hung on the ends of a pole which he carried across his 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 bearer delivering only one and a half pots full of water to his house. Of course, the perfect pot was proud of its accomplishments, perfect for which it was made. But the poor cracked pot was ashamed of its own imperfection, and miserable that it was able to accomplish only half of what it had been made to do.
After 2 years of what it perceived to be a bitter failure, it spoke to the water bearer one day by the stream. "I am ashamed of myself, and because this crack in my side causes water to leak out all the way back to your house." The bearer said to the pot, "Did you notice that there were flowers only on your side of the path, but not on the other pot's side? That's because I have always known about your flaw, and I planted flower seeds on your side of the path, and every day while we walk back, you've watered 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"
Moral: Each of us has our own unique flaws. We're all cracked pots. 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.
Blessings to all my crackpot friends. (here at Woofmang.com) |
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jahunta
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Posts: 1129 Location: Silicon(e) Valley, CA
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Posted: April 13, 2005 11:25 AM Post subject: |
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Very nice!! Thanks!!
Nita _________________
Quitting is Living!!!
QD: 2/15/04 |
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kevin Site Admin
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Posted: April 13, 2005 11:50 AM Post subject: |
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keep choosing life!
kevin
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kannprint
Quit Date: April 10, 2004
Posts: 4988 Location: St. Louis, MO
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Posted: April 13, 2005 12:02 PM Post subject: |
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How very nice. Never thought of things quite that way. _________________
LIVE WELL, LAUGH OFTEN, LOVE MUCH.
Jo |
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Kerry
Quit Date: May 4, 2004
Posts: 862 Location: Illinois
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Posted: April 13, 2005 1:29 PM Post subject: |
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Yruc, that was great. I am going to copy this for myself!!!!!! |
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Seabrez
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Posted: April 13, 2005 1:31 PM Post subject: |
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Thanks, Yruc!
Makes you feel good about being a crackpot!
Grace and Love _________________
Living in Freedom
Deb
Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come. 2 Corn 5:17 NASB |
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Mary Dude
Quit Date: June 15, 2004
Posts: 4803 Location: Pittsburgh, PA
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Posted: April 13, 2005 3:52 PM Post subject: |
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what a lovely thought...it brought a tear to my eye...
We all have flaws and we are each unique - and we are each very special in our own way....
Thanks for sharing! _________________
Mary D.
Smoke-free one day at a time!
Worry doesn't help tomorrow's troubles, but it does ruin today's happiness! |
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