To All of My Crackpot Friends

This is another Email that I got, and it is worth everyones time on this site to read it ! ..... It has a clear message we all need to see !.......Here it is !.......

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, bec
ause 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 weekned, and remember to smell the flowers on your side
of the path!

Now wasn't that cool ?

....Topcat....