Geez, I read this thread.....uuuuuugain and thought - yikes - not anotherrrrrrrr boring-say-nothing-post (before Barb put her response in)....
and moments later got an email...
Quote:
A water bearer in India 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 thehouse, 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 yrs 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 I want
to apologize to you. I have been able to deliver only half my load
because this crack in my side causes water to leak out all the way back
to your house. Because of my flaws, you have to do all of this work, and
you don't get full value from your efforts," the pot said.
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
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.
Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not be bent out of shape
Thank you all my crackpot friends
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Still trying to work out what contribution...but surely there must be something...
ahh...maybe it's a test of patience.