Old Woman story

Ive heard this story many times...i've never shared it until now:

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 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...





SO, to all of my cracked pot friends, have a great day and remember to smell the flowers on your side of the path!

Ewwww

So today at the Dermatologists office I had to have a cyst lanced... I gotta say that in my 43 yrs I thought I had smelled the worst thing emitted from a hole in my body.....boy was I wrong. Anyway thanks doc since you kept referring to the contents exiting me as "cottage cheese" I probably won't be able to eat it ever again. Oh yeah thanks for showing it to me to..

Where's winter

I can't remember the last time it was this warm in late January.  I want to go snowbaording and snowshoeing and sledding with my wife and son.  I'm not sure if I believe in the whole "Global Warming" phenomena but this is starting to get to me.  Lets list the good things about cold weather:

1. Good for sleeping
2. Copious amounts of Hot cocoa readily available
3. Hide the extra 15lbs you put on during the holidays
4. Snuggling with the one you love by the fire
5. Did I mention the Hot Cocoa

Anyway..hopefully it will be getting colder in the next few weeks because I have a frozen lake I am going to be jumping in on Feb. 11th

all for now............B