THE CRACKED POT

I have a story. The story is about boys and girls who have learnt how to run the race without giving up. This are boys and girls forced by circumstances to be on their own and have ended up being in a children's home.

 But you have all heard the story countless times. Told by fire places, on roadsides, in churches in motivational seminars. But today my story is different. It is the story is one of a cracked pot. Cracked by the society, cracked by wrong choices, cracked by individuals. 

I would like you to stop by for a moment and read this. Let it inspire you to do something. To make a change. To make a positive impact one cracked pot at time. You may not seal the crack but .........

Once upon a time there was a water bearer in a small village who owned 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 the house. Of course, the perfect pot was proud of its accomplishments. However 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 two years 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 because of this crack in my side which causes water to leak out all the way to your house”. The bearer looked at the pot and said, “Did you notice that there were flowers only on your side of the path, but not on the other pot’s side?” This is because I have always known about your flaw, and planted flower seeds on your side, and every day while we walk back, you have 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 my house.

I hope you have taken a minute to read this. Now take a minute to think of yourself and after that think of all this children out there who need a person like you and me who can motivate them to be better people. I have gone out I have seen, after seeing I did.

 

 I have discovered each one including myself has his own unique flaw. I am a cracked pot and so are you. But it is this cracks and flaws that make our lives together so veryinteresting and rewarding. You just need to take each person for what they are, look beyond them to what they can become. Then use whatever you have to touch the life of that child/person and motivate them into doing the best they can.

 

 You have seen my face. i represent many. You have known my type.

I am a cracked pot. But i have not lost my hope nor given up my life because in the end the decision is mine to make my world a better place. 

Maybe you are out there, i dont know and you would like to know me, be my inspiration, be a part of the many reasons i  need to look forward to tomorrow.