A man planted rose and watered it faithfully, and before it blossomed he examined it. He saw the bud that would soon blossom-but also the thorns. And he thought, How can any beautiful flower come from a plant burdened with so many sharp thorns? Saddened by this thought, he refused 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 amid the thorns of our faults. Many of us look at ourselves and see only the thorns, the defects. We despair, thinking that 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 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 the characteristic of love: to look at a person and, knowing his/her faults, recognize the nobility in his/her soul and help him/her realize that he/she can overcome his/her faults. If we show him/her the rose, he/she will conquer the thorns. Then will he/she blossom, blooming forth thirty, sixty, a hundred-fold as it is given to him/her. Have A Lovely Midweek! •••PhillipiNo•••
Posted on: Wed, 10 Sep 2014 08:09:53 +0000
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