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The Story Of A Woman And Her Pots by Ojestas(m): 11:51am On Jul 01, 2014 |
A 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 have 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. God has made us perfect in our imperfections. Never ever consider yourself worthless or inferior. So, to all our cracked friends we say: always remember you are a perfect imperfection and there is only one you.
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Re: The Story Of A Woman And Her Pots by Omexonomy: 12:06pm On Jul 01, 2014 |
Nice and encouraging story |
Re: The Story Of A Woman And Her Pots by Lorlaahlozz: 12:08pm On Jul 01, 2014 |
Hmmm....makes sense |
Re: The Story Of A Woman And Her Pots by Nobody: 12:13pm On Jul 01, 2014 |
beautiful one |
Re: The Story Of A Woman And Her Pots by DesChyko: 12:26pm On Jul 01, 2014 |
Wish I had sent this earlier to the person above me... |
Re: The Story Of A Woman And Her Pots by LogoDWhiz(m): 1:52pm On Jul 01, 2014 |
Hmm. I love this. Quite insightful and encouraging. |
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