The following picks are for your deep thinking part
of the mind. Read, think and kindle your gray matter.
A Japanese proverb on name ...
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"Tigers die and leave their skins;
people die and leave their names."
- Japanese
Proverb
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Story of two pots!
A water bearer had two large pots,
each hung on each end of a pole which he carried across his neck.
One of the pots had a crack in it, and while the other pot was
perfect and always delivered a full portion of water at the end
of the long walk from the stream to the master’s house,
the cracked pot arrived only half full.
For a full two years this went on daily, with the bearer delivering
only one and a half pots full of water in his master’s house.
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 was able to accomplish only half of what
it had been made to do. After two years of what it perceived to
be a bitter failure, it spoke to the water bearer one day by the
stream.
“I am ashamed of myself, and I want to apologize to you.”
“Why?” asked the bearer. “What are you ashamed
of?”
“I have been able, for these past two years, to deliver
only half my load because this crack in my side causes water to
leak out all the way back to your master’s house. Because
of my flaws, you have to do all of this work, and you don’t
get full value from your efforts,” the pot said.
The water bearer felt sorry for the old cracked pot, and in his
compassion he said, “As we return to the master’s
house, I want you to notice the beautiful flowers along the path.”
Indeed, as they went up the hill, the old cracked pot took notice
of the sun warming the beautiful wild flowers on the side of the
path, and this cheered it some. But at the end of the trail, it
still felt bad because it had leaked out half its load, and so
again the pot apologized to the bearer for its failure.
The bearer said to the pot, “Did you notice that there were
flowers only on your side of your path, but not on the other pot’s
side? That’s because I have always known about your flaw,
and I took advantage of it. I planted flower seeds on your side
of the path, and every day while we walk back from the stream,
you’ve watered them. For two years I have been able to pick
these beautiful flowers to decorate my master’s table. Without
you being just the way you are, he would not have this beauty
to grace his house.”
MORAL:
Do not underestimate yourself by comparing yourself
with others. It’s our differences that make us unique and
beautiful!
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