{"id":119,"date":"2012-09-25T17:38:52","date_gmt":"2012-09-25T17:38:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shamanicspiritualhealing.com\/?p=119"},"modified":"2018-06-19T11:28:50","modified_gmt":"2018-06-19T11:28:50","slug":"the-unexpected-beauty-of-a-crack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shamanicspiritualhealing.com\/dev\/the-unexpected-beauty-of-a-crack\/","title":{"rendered":"The Unexpected Beauty of a Crack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-251\" style=\"margin: 25px; border: 1px solid #818385;\" title=\"elderly Chinese woman with two large pots\" src=\"https:\/\/shamanicspiritualhealing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/elderly-Chinese-woman-with-two-large-pots.jpg\" alt=\"beauty of our flaws\" width=\"199\" height=\"197\" \/>An elderly Chinese woman had two large pots, each hung on the ends of a pole that 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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am ashamed of myself because this crack in my side causes water to leak out all the way back to your house.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The old woman smiled, \u201cDid you notice that there are flowers on your side of the path, but not on the side of the other pot?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause I have always known about your flaw, 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Each of us has his or her unique flaw. But it\u2019s the particular cracks and flaws that each one of us brings that make our lives together so interesting and rewarding.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Traditional Buddhist story and popular tale; different versions of it can be found in South East Asia)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>B\u00e9atrice<\/em>\u00a0| Contemporary Shamanic Healer<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:allowingthelight@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\">allowingthelight@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>B\u00e9atrice Pouligny<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Allowing The Light<\/strong><br \/>\nNovember 2011<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An elderly Chinese woman had two large pots, each hung on the ends of a pole that she carried across her neck. 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