Roses Of Life
A certain man
planted a rose
and watered it
faithfully.
Before it blossomed,
He examined it.
He saw a bud,
that would soon blossom.
He also saw the
thorns, and he thought,
"How can any beautiful
flower come from a plant,
burdened with so
many thorns?"
Saddened by this
thought, 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,
growing admist the
thorns of our faults.
Many of us look
at ourselves and
see only the thorns,
the defects.
We despair,
thinking nothing good
can possibly come
from us.
We neglect to water
the good within us,
and eventually
it dies.
We never realize
our potential.
Some don't see
the rose within themselves.
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 the truest,
most innocent and
gracious characteristic
of love...
to know another person,
including their faults
and recognize the
nobility in their soul.
Only then, they blossom.
Our duty to this
world, is to
help others,
by showing them
"their roses" and
not "their thorns"
It is then, that
we achieve the love,
we should feel
for others.
Only then, can
we bloom, in
our "own garden."
~author unknown~
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