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Here’s some good old Here’s some good old Chinese wisdom!Chinese wisdom!

Do not click. Do not click. Put on the soundPut on the sound

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An elderly An elderly Chinese woman Chinese woman had two large had two large pots, each hung pots, each hung on the ends of a on the ends of a pole, which she pole, which she carried across carried across her neck. her neck.

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One of the pots One of the pots had a crack in it had a crack in it while the other while the other pot was perfect pot was perfect and always and always delivered a full delivered a full portion of portion of water. water.

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At the end of At the end of the long walk the long walk from the from the stream to the stream to the house, the house, the cracked pot cracked pot arrived only arrived only half full.half full.

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For a full two For a full two years this went years this went on daily, with on daily, with the woman the woman bringing home bringing home only one and a only one and a half pots of half pots of water.water.

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Of course, the Of course, the perfect pot was perfect pot was proud of its proud of its accomplishmentsaccomplishments. .

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But the poor But the poor cracked pot cracked pot was ashamed was ashamed of its own of its own imperfection, imperfection, and miserable and miserable that it could that it could only do half of only do half of what it had what it had been made to been made to do. do.

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After 2 years After 2 years of what it of what it perceived to perceived to be bitter be bitter failure, it failure, it spoke to the spoke to the woman one woman one day by the day by the stream.stream.

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““I am I am ashamed of ashamed of myself, myself, because this because this crack in my crack in my side causes side causes water to leak water to leak out all the out all the way back to way back to your house.” your house.”

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The old woman The old woman smiled, “Did smiled, “Did you notice that you notice that there are there are flowers on your flowers on your side of the side of the path, but not path, but not on the other on the other pot’s side? pot’s side?

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That’s because I That’s because I have always have always known about known about your flaw, so I your flaw, so I planted flower planted flower seeds on your seeds on your side of the path, side of the path, and every day and every day while we walk while we walk back, you water back, you water them.” them.”

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“ “For two years I have been For two years I have been able to pick these able to pick these beautiful flowers to beautiful flowers to decorate the table.”decorate the table.”

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Without you being just the Without you being just the way you are, there would way you are, there would not be this beauty to grace not be this beauty to grace the house.”the house.”

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Each of us has our own unique Each of us has our own unique flaw…flaw…

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But it’s the cracks and flaws we But it’s the cracks and flaws we each have that make our lives each have that make our lives together so very interesting and together so very interesting and rewarding. rewarding.

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You’ve just got to take each You’ve just got to take each person for what they are and person for what they are and look for the good in them. look for the good in them.

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To all of my crackpot friends, To all of my crackpot friends, have a great day have a great day and remember to smell the and remember to smell the

flowers, flowers, on your side of the path.on your side of the path.

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Take the time to send this Take the time to send this message message

to all your friends Who have a to all your friends Who have a cracked cracked

side…side…And God knows how many And God knows how many

we are!!!we are!!!