Janet Solomon

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"Universal Compassion!"

Ecum Secum, Nova Scotia, Canada
female, age 99
single, 2 children
Speaks: still trying....
Joined Dec 28, 2007

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'CRACK 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 had been made to do.

After 2 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!

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Hometown	Montréal.Qué.
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Birthday	March 26, 1910
Languages	still trying
About Me	I'm a mute widow with brain damage...
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Pets	sure!
Activist Aspirations	Enthusiastic
Political Leaning
Religions	sure!
Eating Habits	lots of water, vegetarian
Wild Fact About Me	I died...then coma...then overall disabilities --all from a TB vaccination when I was 11, and my body's response to it--yup! pretty darn dramatic---I starved to death![Then my gol-darned husband of 15 years dropped dead in a plate of Chinese food~~at midnight, All Hallow's Eve, 2000 a.d., 5767 Jewish calendar~~Hoo boy!]
My Philosophy	No matter what----always get UP! [except in barroom brawls when the crowd's yelling, "Stay DOWN! For the love of G-D, stay DOWN!]
What Gives Me Hope	LIFE~~
If I were Mayor, I'd make the world a better place by	stepping down after ensuring EVERYONE had food, and safe home to return to.
What/who changed my life and why	why, EVERYBODY has, in one way or another, everybody has added/given a little of themself to my SELF.
What Bugs Me	selfish and manipulative people, meanness, not a heckuva lot otherwise
Passions	Energy Healing And Love
Inspirations	compassion and courage, life itself, nature
What Scares Me	War - Cruelty - Greed - Indifference
Favorites
Role Models	G-d/Yeshua, Mother Theresa, Albert Einstein, Yoko Ono, Dalai Lama, John Lennon, Mahatma Gandhi
Quotation	"To be succesful in life, you either have to be VERY smart, or VERY pleasant. Well, for 40 years I was SMART~~I recommend PLEASANT" ~~Elwood P. Dowds [Jimmy Stewart] in "Harvey" AND "I have found the paradox: if you love til it HURTS, there can be no more hurt...only LOVE."~~Mother Theresa
Interests	balance, Mythology / Folklore, Anomalies, Mind/Body/Spirit, environment, Anthropology
Books	Dorothy Parker, T. S. Eliot, Almost anything worth reading, true stories, The Dwarf
Music	You don't want to know. :)
Movies	The Tenant, it's a wonderful life, Paris Texas, Performance, Lawrence of Arabia, The Cruel Sea, Harvey - with James Stewart, The Green Mile, Apocalypse Now, Wizard of Oz, 3rdMan
TV Shows	Andy Griffith/Mayberry, National Geographic, Looney Toons!!!, CSI Miami, I Love Lucy!, 24
Favorite Foods	new tastes, japanese, indian
Favorite Places	?!? everywhere
Can't Live Without	life itself
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