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Thanks for sharing such a great story! It really made my day!

Happy Holidays!
Chelsea
On Sat, 16 Dec 2006 14:45:22 -0500, "Tom Sites" <goearth@xxxxxxxxxxx>
said:
>     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 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 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 2 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 crackpot friends, have a great day and remember to 
>     smell the flowers on your side of the path!
>
>       
>
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 Chelsea Marsh
 chelsea_marsh@xxxxxxxxxxx


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