| ~The Rose Within~ |
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| A certain man planted a rose and watered it faithfully. One day as he examined it he saw a bud that would blossom, but he also noticed the thorns. He thought, "How can any beautiful flower come from a plant burdened with so many sharp thorns?". Saddened by his thoughts, he neglected to water the rose, and before it was ready to bloom, it died. So it is with many people. Within every soul there is a rose. The God like qualities planted in us at birth grow admid the thorns of our faults. Many of us look at ourselves and only see thorns, the defects. We despair, thinking that nothing good can possibly come from us, we neglect to water the good in us, and eventually it dies. We never realize our potential. Some people do not see the rose within themselves. Someone else must show it to them. One of the greatest gifts a person can possess is to be able to reach past the thorns and find the rose within others. This is characteristic of love, to look at a person, and knowing his faults, recognize the nobility in his soul, and help him realize that he can overcome his faults. If we show him the rose, he will conquer the thorns. Then he will blossom, blooming forth thirty... sixty...a hundred fold as it is given to him. Our duty in the world is to help others by showing them their roses and not their thorns. Only then can we acheive the love we should feel for each other and only then can we bloom in our own garden ~author Unknown~ |
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