We are all special

Our wonderful yoga instructor shared this with us: enjoy! - children will love it too!

A Chinese woman fetches water every day. She carries two large water jugs hanging from either side of a pole balanced on her neck. She walks a long way to fetch the water. She fills both jugs to the top and then carries them home. There is a crack in one of the water jugs and every day she arrives home with only one and a half jugs of water. She has been doing this for two years.

The cracked jug is sad because he can not carry as much water as the other jug. So one day he speaks to the woman while she is filling the jugs. 'Why do you fill me up every day and carry me home, only for me to arrive half full?'

The woman smiled. 'Haven't you noticed the beautiful flowers on your side of the path when we walk home? When I saw that you were cracked, I planted some seeds along the path. You water them every day. And for a long time now, I have picked the flowers. You have brought us the beautiful, sweet-scented flowers that grace our home.' And the jug felt proud and happy.