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Nice piece.
Always be proud of how you are; it's your identity.
Make good use of it.
Chidi

--- Devine Akabutu <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>       Subject: Fwd: Are u a crach pot ???!!!!!!
> Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 00:40:15 EST
>
>
> A  water bearer in China  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,
> 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  2 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 because this crack in
> my  side causes
> water to leak out all the way back to your  house."
>
> The  bearer said to the pot,  "Did you notice that
> there were flowers
> only on your side of the path, but not on the other
> pot's side?
>
> That's because I have  always known about your flaw,
> and I planted
> flower seeds  on your side of the path, and every
> day while we walk back,
> 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."
>
> Moral: Each of us  has our own unique flaws. We're
> all cracked pots.
>
> 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.
>
> Blessings  to all my crackpot friends
>
>
>
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