Perfectly Imperfect......... and a 'cracked pot' story.

We are  all Perfectly Imperfect ............
 Harry Palmer of Avatar says -'When we perceive that
the only difference between any of us is beliefs, and that beliefs can be
created or discreated with ease, the right and wrong game will wind down, and
world peace will ensue.'
My feeling is we could insert perfect and imperfect for right and wrong and the conclusion would be the same. 


Here is a story from that famous author anonymous, of how beautiful and perfectly imperfect we all are -

A 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 you cracked pots out there , have a great day and remember to smell the
flowers on your side of the path!