QUOTES of the WEEK: 

"While we may not be able to control all that happens to us, we can 
control what happens inside us." 
Benjamin Franklin 

"It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult undertaking which, 
more than anything else, will determine its successful outcome." 
William James


STORY for Your WEEK:

The Two Pots
By Author Unknown (thanks Catherine Pulsifer, and to Pam for submitting)

A Water Bearer in China 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 of water to his house.  Of course, the perfect 
pot was proud of its accomplishments, 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 years of what it perceived to be bitter failure, it spoke to the 
water bearer one day by the stream.  I am ashamed of myself, because 
this crack in my side causes my water to leak out all the way back to 
your house.

The bearer said to the pot, 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, we would not have 
such beauty.

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.


MORE QUOTES for Your WEEK: 

"Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character."   
Albert Einstein, Swiss mathematician, physicist and public philosopher (1879-1955)
 
"I'm an idealist. I don't know where I'm going but I'm on the way." 
Carl Sandburg, American poet and writer (1878-1967)

"Great hopes make great men." 
Thomas Fuller,English divine and author (1608-1661)

"The future belongs to those who believe in their dreams." 
Eleanor Roosevelt, American stateswoman, First Lady (1884-1962)



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