发信人: oceann (dany), 信区: English
标 题: [好文共赏]A Good Moral “ Be Yourself “(转载)
发信站: 哈工大紫丁香 (Fri Aug 29 22:21:50 2003)
A water bearer in India had two large pots, each hung on each end of a pole wh
ich he carried across his neck. One of the pots had a crack in it, and while t
he 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 a
rrived only half full.
For a full two years this went on daily, with the bearer delivering only o
ne and a half pots full of water in his master’s house. Of course, the perfec
t pot was proud of its accomplishments, perfect to the end for which it was ma
de. But the poor cracked pot was ashamed of its own imperfection, and miserabl
e 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 myse
lf, and I want to apologize to you.’ ’Why?’ asked the bearer. ’What are yo
u 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 yo
ur 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 s
un warming the beautiful wild flowers on the side of the path, and this cheere
d it some. But at the end of the trail, it still felt bad because it had leake
d out half its load, and so again it 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 flow
er seeds on your side of the path, and every day while we walk back from the s
tream, you’ve watered them. For years I have been able to pick these beautifu
l flowers to decorate my master’s table. Without you being just the way you a
re, he would not have this beauty to grace his house.’
Moral: Each of us has our own unique flaws. We’re all cracked pots. But i
t’s the cracks and flaws we each have that make our lives together so very in
teresting and rewarding. You’ve just got to take each person for what they ar
e, and look for the good in them.
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好想振作一点点，真的好想
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