Roses and Thorns
A certain man planted a rose and watered it faithfully. One day as he examined it, he saw a bud that would soon blossom, but he also noticed the thorns. He thought, "How can any beautiful flower come from a plant burdened with so many sharp thorns?" Saddend 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 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 greates gifts a person can possess is to be able to reach past the thorns and find the rose within othes. This is the characteristic of love, To look at a person, and knowing his/her faults, recognize the nobiltiy 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. The will he/she blossom, blooming thirty, forty, sixty, or hundred-fold as it is given to him/her. Our duty in this world is to help others by showing them their roses and not their thorns. Only then can we achieve the love we should feel for each other and only then can we bloom in our own garden. --Author Unknown--
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Originally Posted by kikyo_99
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