Today's Spiritual Thought

Today’s inspirational thought is taken from our publication, Nutrition for the Mind: A Spiritual Quest. It includes non-denominational questions, quotes, stories and topics to make your spiritual quest easier to reach. The book also includes more than 50 stories, legends, poems and testimonials. The price includes a free coaching session. To learn more about this product or our coaching services, click here.

The following are from Nutrition for the Mind: A Spiritual Quest.

Research

A 30-year study found that people who attend religious services regularly have lower blood pressure and half the risk of heart attack as non-attendees, even after making adjustments for smoking and income. Patients undergoing open-heart surgery who received strength and comfort from religion were three times more likely to survive than those without religious support.

 Two Pots
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 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 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.

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