<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839162255563931712</id><updated>2011-04-21T20:03:03.369-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Monique's Chest</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://moniquedecruz.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1839162255563931712/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://moniquedecruz.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Monique</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02000855817085248362</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839162255563931712.post-139757511517277734</id><published>2007-04-27T01:57:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-04-27T02:12:07.082-07:00</updated><title type='text'>To all the crack pots</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Hello Everybody!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So here you go , read it and enjoy it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;           &lt;span style=";font-family:Courier New;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt; An elderly Chinese woman had two large pots, one for each end of a &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Courier New;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;" &gt;pole which she carried across her neck.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Courier New;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;" &gt;One of the pots had a crack in it while the other pot was perfect and&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Courier New;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;" &gt;always delivered a full portion of water.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Courier New;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;" &gt;At the end of the long walks from the stream to the house, the&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Courier New;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;" &gt;cracked pot arrived only half full.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Courier New;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;" &gt;For a full two years this went on daily, with the woman bringing home&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Courier New;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;" &gt;only one and a half pots of water.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Courier New;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;" &gt;Of course, the perfect pot was proud of its accomplishments.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Courier New;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;" &gt;But the poor cracked pot was ashamed of its own imperfection, and&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Courier New;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;" &gt;miserable because it could only do half of what it had been made to do.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Courier New;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; After two years of what it perceived to be bitter failure, it spoke &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Courier New;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;" &gt;to the woman one day by the stream "I am ashamed of myself, because&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Courier New;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;" &gt;this crack in my side causes water to leak out all the way back to&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Courier New;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;" &gt;your house."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Courier New;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;" &gt;The old woman smiled, "Did you notice that there are flowers on your&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Courier New;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;" &gt;side of the path, but not on the other pot's side?"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Courier New;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;" &gt;"That's because I have always known about your flaw, so I planted&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Courier New;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;" &gt;flower seeds on your side of the path, and every day while we walk&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Courier New;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;" &gt;back, you water them."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Courier New;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;" &gt;"For two years I have been able to pick these beautiful flowers to&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Courier New;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;" &gt;decorate my table.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Courier New;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;" &gt;Without you being just the way you are, there would not be this&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Courier New;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;" &gt;beauty to grace this life."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span style=";font-family:Courier New;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;" &gt;Each of us has our own unique flaw. But it's the cracks and flaws we&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Courier New;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;" &gt;each have that make our lives together so very interesting and&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Courier New;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;" &gt;rewarding.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Courier New;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;" &gt;You've just got to take each person for what they are and look for&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Courier New;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;" &gt;the good in them.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Courier New;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;" &gt;SOOO, to all of my crackpot friends, have a great day and remember to&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Courier New;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;" &gt;smell the flowers on your side of the path !&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div id="yiv269074283"&gt;&lt;div class="Section1"&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:85%;"  &gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;     &lt;/div&gt;               &lt;!-- toctype = X-unknown --&gt;&lt;!-- toctype = text --&gt;&lt;!-- text --&gt;&lt;script&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;span class="first"  style="font-size:85%;"&gt;        &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1839162255563931712-139757511517277734?l=moniquedecruz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://moniquedecruz.blogspot.com/feeds/139757511517277734/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1839162255563931712&amp;postID=139757511517277734' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1839162255563931712/posts/default/139757511517277734'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1839162255563931712/posts/default/139757511517277734'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://moniquedecruz.blogspot.com/2007/04/to-all-crack-pots.html' title='To all the crack pots'/><author><name>Monique</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02000855817085248362</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839162255563931712.post-2451317670374315110</id><published>2007-04-24T00:12:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2007-04-24T00:12:32.128-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Hola</title><content type='html'>Hola!&lt;br /&gt;Welcome to my space.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1839162255563931712-2451317670374315110?l=moniquedecruz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://moniquedecruz.blogspot.com/feeds/2451317670374315110/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1839162255563931712&amp;postID=2451317670374315110' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1839162255563931712/posts/default/2451317670374315110'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1839162255563931712/posts/default/2451317670374315110'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://moniquedecruz.blogspot.com/2007/04/hola.html' title='Hola'/><author><name>Monique</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02000855817085248362</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
