Mental

"I myself am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions." ~Augusten Burroughs~     While attending a Christian university, I heard the story of the cracked pot.   Each day a man carried two pots suspended from a pole across his shoulders to the watering hole.   One pot had a crack in it and it leaked as he returned home to replenish his daily water supply.   One day, a girl asked him why he didn’t replace the cracked pot and save himself the extra trips to the watering hole.   He smiled and pointed to the wild flowers growing along the path he walked because the cracked pot had watered them on his daily trips.  For me, this was a profound symbol of how God uses our flaws to fulfill His purpose and to enrich our world.      I had always felt like something was wrong with me, like I didn’t fit into this life.   As I grew older and learned of the mental health issues behind the feelings I had bee...