Imperfection

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Here’s some good old Chinese wisdom!

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 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 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 2 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.

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Sana marami kayong natutunan sa maiksing kwentong ito dahil ako ay sobrang napahanga at napaisip matapos itong mabasa. Totoo nga na tayo ay hindi perpekto. Ganun pa man, may mga katangian din tayong kapakipakinabang na maaari nating ipagmalaki na wala sa iba. Sabi nga nila, magpasalamat tayo sa kung anong mayroon tayo ngayon dahil hindi natin alam na marami din ang naghahangad na mapunta sa kinatatayuan natin. Makuntento lang tayo sa kung anong pinagkaloob sa atin at sa halip na maghanap ng maghanap, atin na lang pagyamanin ang kung ano man na ibinigay sa atin. Dahil ang mundo ay nagiging makulay dahil na rin sa iba't ibang kontribusyon natin sa lipunan. Lahat tayo ay importante. Lahat tao ay kailangan. Malaki man o maliit ang ating kayang ibahagi, importante pa rin ito sa kadahilanang hindi maaaring mabuo ang isang napakalaking bagay kung wala ang mga pinagsama samang maliliit na kontribusyon ng bawat isa.

Bawat isa ay mahalaga.