To all those Cracked Pots...

This story was sent to me by a dear friend and I thought I'd share it here... I also think it would be a darling start to an activity or lesson -

An elderly Chinese woman had two large pots, each hung on the ends of a pole which she carried across her neck. 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 walks from the stream to the house, the cracked pot arrived only half full. For a full two years this went on daily, with the woman bringing home only one and a half pots of water. 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 could only do half of what it had been made to do. After two years of what it perceived to be bitter failure, it spoke to the woman one day by the stream. 'I am ashamed of myself, because this crack in my side causes water to leak out all the way back to your house.' The old woman smiled, 'Did you notice that there are flowers on your side of the path, but not on the other pot's side?' 'That's because I have always known about your flaw, so I planted flower seeds on your side of the path, and every day while we walk back, you water them.' 'For two years I have been able to pick these beautiful flowers to decorate the table.. Without you being just the way you are, there would not be this beauty to grace the house.' Each of us has our own unique flaw.. But it's the cracks and flaws we each have that make our lives together so very interesting and rewarding. You've just got to take each person for what they are and look for the good in them. SO, to all of my crackpot friends, have a great day and remember to smell the flowers on your side of the path!

Lesson 39, M3 - Individual Worth

This week is about recognizing one's individual worth. This is such a tough thing to do. Just this week I found myself saying so many negative things about who I am, what I look like, and that 'it' (or I) just don't matter. I am so grateful to have been made aware of these thoughts by the lesson. I love my life, and I'm extremely blessed to have an adoring husband - who see's me as my Heavenly Father sees me. Always willing to give, and love, he is a great father to three gorgeous children who are amazing in their own right. With all of this it is impossible for me not to have some amazing talent - right?!

It is so easy to see this in my Beehive class - the struggles of being young, and the possibilities just waiting to be snatched and blossom. Today I hope to have my girls see how others truly see them - amazing, beautiful, spiritual, talented, and of royal birth. We will be playing a game I learned in a H.S. leadership conference (Thanks Lori!!). But, of coarse, changed up a bit.

A book mark with the words "Princess _____" and the cute picture of a crown will be passed around the room where each one in the class (I have 8-9 in my class) will write one word about that princess that makes her unique, and it can't already be on the bookmark. Then at the end of class each girl is going to commit to one-two weakness(es) to work on - for each one they will pick a bead to put on their book mark ribbon. I am going to refer to them as princesses through out the lesson.

In any case this should be a lot of fun today.

Yesterday's lesson...

Well yesterday's lesson I think was a lot of fun. With the help of others in preparing the lesson we had fun learning how Heavenly Father teaches us to be healthy in the scriptures, discussed calories, exercise, and getting the rest our bodies need. The challenge for the week was to pick one way to make your lifestyle a little more healthy. I am going to choose to well - I was going to say drink more water, but that is the chump answer. SO.... I am going to add more exercise into my week - which means to me at least 4 days of 45min. I know if I ask Heavenly Father to help me he will - after all he can make our weakness' our streangths! (Ether 12:27)

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