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 ha lf 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.
>You've just got to take each person for what they are and look for the
good in them.
 SO, to all of my cracked pot friends, have a great day and remember to
smell the flowers on your side of the path!

Just to let you know I didn't write this, I found it on a website of 'Jokes' - It was to dead on to just let it go by without sharing. Hope you enjoy! Cheers

This is how it develops:

I decide to water my garden.

As I turn on the hose in the driveway, I look over at my car and decide my car needs washing.

As I start toward the garage, I notice that there is mail on the porch table that I brought up from the mailbox earlier.

I decide to go through the mail before I wash the car.

I lay my car keys down on the table, put the junk mail in the garbage can under the table, and notice that the can is full. So, I decide to put the bills back on the table and take out the garbage first.

But then I think, since I'm going to be near the mailbox, when I take out the garbage anyway, I may as well pay the bills first. I take my checkbook off the table, and see that there is only 1 check left. My extra checks are in my desk in the study, so I go inside the house to my desk where I find the can of Coke that I had been drinking.

I'm going to look for my checks, but first I need to push the Coke aside so that I don't accidentally knock it over. I see that the Coke is getting warm, and I decide I should put it in the refrigerator to keep it cold. As I head toward the kitchen with the Coke, a vase of flowers on the counter catches my eye--they need to be watered.

I set the Coke down on the counter, and I discover my reading glasses that I've been searching for all morning. I decide I better put them back on my desk, but first I'm going to water the flowers.

I set the glasses back down on the counter, fill a container with water and suddenly I spot the TV remote Someone left it on the kitchen table. I realize that tonight when we go to watch TV, I will be looking for the remote, but I won't remember that it's on the kitchen table, so I decide to put it back in the den where it belongs, but first I'll water the flowers. I pour some water in the flowers, but quite a bit of it spills on the floor. So, I set the remote back down on the table, get some towels and wipe up the spill. Then, I head down the hall trying to remember what I was planning to do. At the end of the day:

----the car isn't washed,
----the bills aren't paid,
----there is a warm can of Coke sitting on the counter,
----the flowers don't have enough water,
----there is still only 1 check in my check book,
----I can't find the remote,
----I can't find my glasses,
----and I don't remember what I did with the car keys.

Then, when I try to figure out why nothing got done today, I'm really baffled because I know I was busy all day long, and I'm really tired.

I realize this is a serious problem, and I'll try to get some help for it, but first I'll check my e-mail.