I wanted to let you know that I have entered the blogging world and Yes I have many thoughts and idea that I would like to pen down, but slowly is what I have planned.
As for now, I just received a sweet story from My Ex- Boss Bob, It is a story that would make the mourner's feel good about themselves and a story that is very very true.
So here you go , read it and enjoy it.
An elderly Chinese woman had two large pots, one for each end 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 because 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, 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 my table. Without you being just the way you are, there would not be this beauty to grace this life."
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. SOOO, to all of my crackpot friends, have a great day and remember to smell the flowers on your side of the path !
3 comments:
first of all,
welcome to the blogs world & wish u all luck in translating ur thoughts to words,, it's kinda dificult to do so but I think u will do it & we'll C lot's of fun & intresting posts in ur page,, go ahead sis & show what u have...
back again monic
the story is a meaningful story which carry lots of encouragement specially for those depressed people who think about themselves as losers,,, & by the way,,, it's not only about the crackpot but also the wise woman, she didn't blam her luck that one of the pots was cracked & she didn't feel sad about the daily loss of water, she was cleaver enough to have benefit on each lost drop...
thx 4 share it with us monic,,
awww I also received this e-mail once b4...it has a really nice encouraging and inspirational tone to it, which we need from time to time..However, the hard part is trying to hold on to the positivity in our life to keep going...that is something that I always struggle with
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