My sister sent me this, and I like it so much I just have to share it with all my friends here at TechIMO
The Water Pot
A water bearer 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 the 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 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 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
on 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.
Remember to appreciate all the different people in your life!
THANK YOU
ALL MY CRACKPOT FRIENDS
I am most definitely in the cracked pot catagory
...or is that crackpot? 
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