Love it... Carole

--- janet paterson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> hi all
>
> a little cyber-share this morning
>
> janet
>
>
>
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> from: toad
> to: janet
>
> Note that this does say cracked pots not crackpots!   LOL
>
> A water bearer in India 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, and
> 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 two 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 I want
> to apologize to you.  I have been able to deliver only
> half my load because
> this crack in my side causes water to leak out all the
> way back to your
> house.  Because of my flaws, you have to do all of this
> work, and you don't
> get full value from your efforts," the pot said.
>
> The water bearer felt sorry for the old cracked pot, and
> in his compassion
> he said, "As we return to the master's house, I want you
> to notice the
> beautiful flowers along the path."
>
> Indeed, as they went up the hill, the old cracked pot
> took notice of the
> sun warming the beautiful wild flowers on the side of the
> path, and this
> cheered it some. But at the end of the trail, it still
> felt bad because it
> had leaked out half its load, and so again it apologized
> to the bearer for
> its failure.
>
> The bearer said to the pot, "Did you notice that there
> were flowers only on
> your side of your path, but not on the other pot's side?
> That's because I
> have always known about your flaw.  I planted flower
> seeds on your side of
> the path, and every day while we walk back from the
> stream, 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."
>
>
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> from: janet
> to: toad
>
>
> hey toad
>
> i think i'm starting to 'get' the point;
>
> the flowers resulting
> from the cracks
> are
> it
>
>
> jmp
>
>
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> janet paterson, an akinetic rigid subtype parkie
> 53 now / 44 dx cd / 43 onset cd / 41 dx pd / 37 onset pd
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