The worlds is so ass backwards today that it almost makes you wish you were dyslectic - Dennis Miller(I am dyslectic, it didn't work)
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IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO ARRANGE THE MEETING
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> >
> >
> > A water bearer in India had two large pots,
each hung on each end of a
> pole which he carried across his neck. One of
the pots had a crack in
> it,
> and
> 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 master's 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
> in
> his
> master's house. Of course, the perfect pot was
proud of its
> accomplishments,
> perfect to the end 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 two 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 I
want to apologize to you."
> Why?" asked the bearer. "What are you ashamed
of?" I have been able,
> for
> these past two years, to deliver only half my
load because this crack
> in
> my side causes water to leak out all the way back
to your master's
> 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 water bearer felt sorry for the old cracked
pot, and in his
> compassion
> he said, "As we return to the master's house, I
want you to notice the
> beautiful flowers along the path." Indeed, as
they went up the hill,
> the
> old cracked pot took notice of the sun warming
the beautiful wild
> flowers on
> the side of the path, and this cheered it some.
But at the end of the
> trail,
> it still felt bad because it had leaked out half
its load, and so again
> it
> apologized to the bearer for its failure.
> The bearer said to the pot, "Did you notice that
there were flowers
> only
> on your side of your path, but not on the other
pot's side? That's
> because I
> have always known about your flaw, and I took
advantage of it. I
> planted
> flower seeds on your side of the path, and every
day while we walk back
> from the stream, you've watered them. For two
years I have been able to
> pick
> these beautiful flowers to decorate my master's
table. Without you
> being
> just the way you are, he would not have this
beauty to grace his
> house."
>
> Moral: Each of us has our own unique flaws.
We're all cracked pots.
> Some
> of us are old, some not so smart, some fat, some
bald, some physically
> challenged, 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. There is a lot
> of
> good out there. There is a lot of good in you!
Blessed are the
> flexible,
> for they shall not be bent out of shape. Remember
to appreciate all the
> different people in your life! Or as I like to
think of it - if it's
> not
> for the crackpots in my life, it would be pretty
boring....
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