An elderly Chinese woman had two large pots, each hung ends of a pole which she carried on her shoulders. One of the pots had a crack, while the other was perfect, and was always full of water at the end of the long walk from the stream to the house, the cracked pot arrived only half full.
For two whole years 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 achievements, while the poor cracked pot was ashamed of its own imperfection and miserable that it was able to do only half of what it had been created.
After two years, in which it was aware of his bitter failure, one day he spoke to the woman along the way:
"I am ashamed of myself because this crack in my side causes water to leak all the way to your home. " The old woman smiled
:
"Did you notice that there are flowers on your side of the trail, but not from that other vessel? And 'cause I've always known about your flaw, so I planted flower seeds on your side of the path, and every day while we walk back, you watered them. For two years I was able to pick these beautiful flowers to decorate the house. If you had not been as you are, I would not have this beauty to grace the house. "
Each of us has our own unique flaw. But it's the crack, the defect that everyone has, to ensure that our partnership is interesting and rewarding.
You have to take each for what it is and see what is good in him. So my "bad" friends, good day and remember to smell the flowers on your side of the path.
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