The Cracked Pot

Once upon a time, there lived a farmer named Bhura in a village. A short distance from his home flowed a river of clear water. Bhura would go to fetch water from the river every day for his household chores. For this purpose, he carried two pitchers with him, which he tied to the two ends of a stick and slung over his shoulder.

One of the pitchers had a small hole. Because of this, by the time Bhura reached home each day, he would only have one and a half pitchers of water left. This had been going on for almost a year.

Meanwhile, the intact pitcher was proud of the fact that it was completely free of any shortcomings because it carried the entire water to the house. He constantly reminded the cracked pitcher of this fact. The poor cracked pitcher was ashamed that it could only carry half the water to the house, and that his master's efforts were in vain.  The cracked pot became very troubled by all this thought, and one day, when it could no longer bear it, it said to Bhura, "I am very ashamed of myself and want to apologize."

"Why?" Bhura asked, "What are you ashamed of?"

"Perhaps you don't know, but I'm cracked in one place, and last year I was only able to deliver half the amount of water I should have delivered to the house. This is a major flaw in me, which is why your efforts have been in vain." The cracked pot said sadly.

Bhura felt a little sad after hearing the pitcher's words and said, "It's okay. Today, you do one thing. When I return from the river with water, look at the flower beds along the way."

The pitcher did just that. He kept looking at the beautiful flowers all the way. This did little to alleviate his sadness, but by the time he reached home, half the water had spilled out of his pot. He became dejected again and began to apologize to Bhura.

Bhura said, "You did as I told you, but perhaps you didn't look carefully enough. All those flowers you saw today in the flowerbeds along the path were all because of you. That's because I always knew your flaw, and I took advantage of it. I planted colorful flower seeds along the path where your water fell, and you watered them a little every day. Look how beautiful you have made the entire path today. Now, just think, if you weren't the way you are, would I have been able to do all this?"

💐Moral : - We all have some flaws, but these flaws are what set us apart from everyone else. Like Bhura, we should accept everyone for who they are. We should focus on everyone's good qualities, and when we do that, even a "cracked pot" will become more valuable than a "good pot."

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