T P O

T   P   O
The Patient Ox (aka Hénock Gugsa)

G r e e t i n g s !

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A personal blog with diverse topicality and multiple interests!


On the menu ... politics, music, poetry, and other good stuff.
There is humor, but there is blunt seriousness here as well!


Parfois, on parle français ici aussi. Je suis un francophile .... Bienvenue à tous!

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Friday, June 28, 2013

Dr. Kerry Washington! - by GW University

Kerry Washington




Dr. Kerry Washington ! *
GW University alum and
2013 Commencement Speaker
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*Note: Kerry Washington is indisputably one of the most alluring personalities of her generation!

Friday, June 21, 2013

"The Cracked Pot" (a Parable) - by Unknown




“The Cracked Pot”
(a Parable)
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A water bearer in India had two large pots, each hung on the ends of a pole which he carried across his shoulders. One of the pots had a crack in it, 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 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 to his house.

Of course, the perfect pot was perfect for the task for which it was made, and 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. I have been able to deliver only half my load because this crack in my side causes water to leak out all the way back to your
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 bearer said to the pot, "Did you notice that there were flowers only on your side of the path, but not on the other pot's side?" That's because I have always known about your flaw, and I planted flower seeds on your side of the path, and every day while we walk back, you've watered them.

For two years I have been able to pick these beautiful flowers to decorate the table. Without your being just the way you are, there would not be this beauty to grace the house.

Moral:

Each of us has our own unique flaws. We're all cracked pots.

It's the cracks and flaws we each have that make our lives together interesting and rewarding. You've just got to take people for what they are, and look for the good in them.
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TPO says ... Let us be thankful for all our 'cracked pot' friends!