Cracked Pots
December 17th 2007 11:36
Category: Wisdom Of The Aged
The water man could always been able to bring only one and half pot of water to his master's residence. Of course the good water pot felt proud of his achievement as it was able to fulfill its duty perfectly. But the poor cracked water pot felt very embarassed and sad of its imperfection for it could only store half of the portion it was supposed to.
For after two years being stressed by such failure, the cracked water pot said to the water man, "I am so embarrassed with myself, and i again want to apologize you." "Why?" asked the water man. "Why do you are you embarrassed of yourself?" "For these two years, i could only bring half portion of a full jug as i have a crack on my side that made the water i brought in drip little by little along the way to master's house. For my defect, i had brought you disadvantages", said the water pot.
The water man felt sorry for how the cracked water pot felt, and in his compassion, he told the water pot, "Tomorrow when we return back to our master house, i'd like you to take notice of beautiful flowers along the way." Right, when they climbed up the hill, the cracked water pot looked around and just realized that there are many beautiful flowers along the way, and seeing them did console him a bit. But on the end of the journey, it returned feeling sad again as it had lost half of the water it carried with, and again it apologized to the water man.
The water man said to the water pot, "Did you realize that there were flowers along the way of your side but there was none along the other pot's side? It was because i have always been aware of your flaw and i took use of it. I had planted flower seeds along the way on your side, and everyday when we walked home from the spring, you water them. For these two years i have been able to pick up those beautiful flowers to decorate our master's table. Without you as who you are, our master's house wouldnt be as beautiful as it is now."
Everyone of us have our own shortage and weaknesses. We are all cracked pots. But if we are willing to, we can make advantage of them instead of opposing them. In the eyes of the wise, nothing is wasted. Do not be blocked by your disadvantages. Know your weaknesses and you too can be the water for the better life of all. Know, that in our weaknesses, we find our strengths
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Stories and Ideas pass from culture to culture, and when it gets from one culture to another, eventually local assimiliation and local modification of the stories and ideas will happen, so it's hard to track where does the story really originate from.
Also, as there's no physical evidence to back up where the story originates from, one can also bluff it's from Pakistan or from Nepal or from Greek, etc.
Nevertheless, what matters most is the message/wisdom conveyed.