Thought came from story-The Cracked Pot

The first time I read this story, I was in tears. The story taught me to appreciate myself and led me out from a shadow. I learned to recognize my strength and gained self-confidence. As a result, I was happy to live with my imperfections.

Reading this story again and again, I also learned to appreciate other people's differences. We all have our weaknesses. We should not be discouraged about people who are not perfect. Their strengths should be our focus. We can let people shine with their strengths. We can try to minimize negative impact from their weaknesses. Good use of imperfections may produce perfect results.

Adding everyone's characters together, we see a colorful world. This brings challenges and excitements to our life. Remember: always appreciate ourselves, as well as people around us.

Here is the story:
 

The Cracked Pot

An elderly Chinese woman had two large pots, each hung on the ends

 of a pole, which she carried across her shoulder.
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.

Remember to smell the flowers on your side of the path!

 "Love is not about who you live with, it is about who you can not live without."

 "Where there is Love, there are miracles."