A water bearer (a Beautiful story )

0Hi every body, 02br
02br
00Again, I've got a wonderful story by e-mail. So I love to participate it with you. The story tells about a water bearer in China who 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. 02br
02br
00At the end of the long walk from the stream to the house, the cracked pot arrived only half full. 02br
02br
00For 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. 02br
02br
00After 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. 02br
02br
00The 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. 02br
02br
00For 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 02br
02br
00Moral:02br
00Each 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. 02br
02br
00You've just got to take each person for what they are, and look for the good in them. 02br
02br
00With my best wishes and highest respects, 0-