Sunday 18 April 2010

Cracked Pots




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, 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.


So, to all of my cracked pot friends, have a great day and remember to smell the flowers on your side of the path!




15 comments:

Beth Cotell said...

I love this! I'll be sure to see if there are any flowers on my side of the path.

Maggie May said...

I have come across this before. It is very good. Maybe I am the cracked one!
Maggie X

Nuts in May

Rose said...

Lovely parable. Thanks for sharing it as I needed to hear it today.

Amrita said...

Tghis is a beautiful illustration Jackie. Everyone cn contribute something - even the cracked ones -like me.

The Bible says, "But we have this treasure in earthen vessels so tha t the glory may belong to God and not of us."

Akelamalu said...

Lovely!

Working Mum said...

What a lovely story. I may steal it for a school assembly. Will 15 year old get it, do you think?

Victor S E Moubarak said...

I've known some cracked pots in my life ...

I hope all is well with you and yours.

God bless you all always.

Daryl said...

Lovely parable ... this cracked pot is sure there's no moss or flowers growing out of her path .. but there are some on the blog ..

March 17th said...

This is terrific - I'm not sure when it happened but my pot is well and truly cracked...thankyou xx

AGuidingLife said...

Thank you - I'm going to hold the thought hard. Hubby is due home from pub shortly and I will try to look for the flowers instead of seeing the crack-pot!

E said...

Oh I have never heard this story before. And I love it. Thank you thank you....

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