To All Of My Lovely Crack Pots

 I have a beautiful old lamp base that despite it's beauty, is flawed and has cracks.
This story warmed my heart and reminded me of my lovely French Enamel Longwy lamp/vase.





An elderly Chinese woman had two large pots, each hung on the ends of a
pole which she carried across her 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 walks from the stream to the house, the cracked
pot arrived only half full.

For a full two years this 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 accomplishments.

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

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

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

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

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

Each of us has our own unique flaw. 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.

So, to all of my crack pot friends, have a great day and remember to
smell the flowers on your side of the path!

10 comments

  1. Tobi -

    This was just beautiful! Thank you so much for sharing with us.

    Elaine Allen

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  2. I remember reading this a long time ago, but had forgotten some of it. Thanks for the reminder! I like being a crack-pot! :)

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  3. Ohh that is soo sweet and so true and what a beautiful story to remind us!
    Lou xx

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  4. this is really lovely...every post on this blog is a bounty for the heart!!! loveliest wishes

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  5. Will you be making a blog button for this blog? I've got the buttons for your other two blogs on my blog. I just "made one up" for a temporary button for this one for now.
    Jody
    visionquest2020 AT msn DOT com

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  6. Ijust became a follower. I love the pink rose tree. Thank you for the chance. Carol

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  7. Thank you for stopping by my blog today!! I acturally didn't think that I had gotten to Bev in time for Pink Saturday today! so it wasn't actually very pink, but I'll get it soon! I love this story, and your whole feel on this blog! kathi

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  8. THAT'S A WONDERFUL STORY! A TOTALLY DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE THAT WE ALL NEED TO REMEMBER!

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  9. Hello, All three of your blogs are lovely. I will also grab your fairy tree giveaway ad for my blog.

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  10. Hi Tobi, I've just found your blog via Pinterest and have had a wonderful time enjoying your sparkly visuals and beautiful words. Thank you for sharing Kathy

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