26. Two Pots
Once upon a time, there was
a man who had two pots. As one was good, it delivered full water in it but
another was cracked. For two years, the long walk from the stream to the master's
house, the cracked pot arrived only half full. The perfect pot flaunted on its accomplishment
but the cracked pot humiliated it for its imperfection. After two years, the cracked
pot asked the man in spite of being petty and insignificant, "Why do you
carry water in me?" The man didn't reply anything; he just took both pots
and showed the way from where he had been taking water for two years. They saw
that one side of path was barren but another side was filled with beautiful
flowers. Then the man explained, “It was the cracked pot which watered those plants
and the flowers blossomed in them.” The cracked pot became very happy of its accomplishment.
Moral: A shapeless body can
also give shape to others.
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