Positive Daily Inspiration – February 25, 2023 – Saturday Inspiration

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“To set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.”
Romans 8:6

An elderly 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 gave that make our lives together so very interesting and rewarding.

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Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.

I have heard several people in their 30s & 40s lament that their lives are a failure and/or their life is over just because they haven’t reached this or that goal.

Well, I did some checking and life expectancy in developing countries is 78 years.

A person’s first 18 years of life are basically a preparation for life. Therefore, I believe that people don’t start making something of their lives until adulthood (roughly age 18).

The average person then would have 60 years to do something with his or her life. 78 minus 18 equals 60.

A person’s life then is not even half over until the age of 48.

Now how many people judge whether or not a “project” is successful when it is only half done? So the way I see it, no one can be a failure at life until at least well past 60.

That said, has anyone ever had the experience of working on a deadline and not being able to get anywhere? Then all of a sudden … BOOM! Two hours before it’s due you come up with a solution.

Who’s to say someone at 70+ can’t save someone’s life. Is that life a “failure?”

POSITIVE DAILY PRAYER:

God of love, may I come quickly to Thee, when I am in need of protection and help.
Guard me against sorrow that is drawn from the imagination. May I not allow grief
to drag me into misery, but with strength and courage may I find happiness in Your daily will.

Amen.

POSITIVE DAILY AFFIRMATION:

I live in the now – a time of spiritual growth and great personal discovery.

POSITIVE DAILY QUOTE:

“You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.”
Woodrow Wilson

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