The Rose Within

The Rose Within

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"The Rose"

A certain man planted a rose and watered it
faithfully, and before it blossomed, he examined
it. He saw the bud that would soon blossom and
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 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 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 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 will he blossom, blooming forth thirty,
sixty, a hundred-fold as it is given to him.

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.
Only then can we bloom in our own garden.

~ Author Unknown ~

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