{"id":6532,"date":"2012-05-14T06:03:33","date_gmt":"2012-05-14T10:03:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beyondblue\/?p=6532"},"modified":"2012-02-09T14:12:05","modified_gmt":"2012-02-09T19:12:05","slug":"the-cracked-pot-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beyondblue\/2012\/05\/the-cracked-pot-2.html","title":{"rendered":"The Cracked Pot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/71\/2012\/05\/crackedpot.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/71\/2012\/05\/crackedpot.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"293\" height=\"288\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6536\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>I love this tale from India, retold here by Mary Dessein. What a beautiful way of thinking about our illness, frustrating life situations, or crosses we bear.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A water-bearer carries two large pots on a yoke across his shoulders up the hill from the river to his master&#8217;s house each day. One has a crack and leaks half its water out each day before arriving at the house. The other pot is perfect and always delivered a full portion of water after the long walk from the river.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, after years of arriving half-empty and feeling guilty, the cracked pot apologized to the water-bearer. It was miserable. &#8220;I&#8217;m sorry that I couldn&#8217;t accomplish what the perfect pot did.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The water-bearer says, &#8220;What do you have to apologize for?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;After all this time, I still only deliver half my load of water. I make more work for you because of my flaw.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The man smiled and told the pot. &#8220;Take note of all the lovely flowers growing on the side of the path where I carried you. The flowers grew so lovely because of the water you leaked. There are no flowers on the perfect pot&#8217;s side.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love this tale from India, retold here by Mary Dessein. What a beautiful way of thinking about our illness, frustrating life situations, or crosses we bear. A water-bearer carries two large pots on a yoke across his shoulders up the hill from the river to his master&#8217;s house each day. 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