[nukkad] Lord, please accept me with all my flaws.....

[Sandeep Budhrani <>]

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Tip of the day:  What we need is either less corruption, or more chance to
participate in it.
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A water bearer in India 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, perfect to the end for which it was made.
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 him. But at the end of the trail, it
still felt bad because it had leaked 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 flower seeds on your side of the path, and every day while we
walked 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."

Lesson:
Each of us has our own unique flaws. We are all cracked pots. But if we
will allow Him, the Lord will use our flaws to grace His table. In Sri
Krishna's great economy, nothing goes to waste. So as we seek ways to
serve Krishna together, and as He calls you to the tasks He has appointed
for you, don't be afraid of your flaws. Acknowledge them, and allow Him
to take advantage of them, and you too can be the cause of beauty on His
pathway.



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