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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 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, growing amidst 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. It takes someone else to
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 trust, most innocent, and gracious characteristic of love
to
know another person, including their faults, recognize the nobility
in
their soul, and yet, still help another to realize they can overcome
their
faults.
If
we show them the rose, they will conquer the thorns.
Only
then will they blossom many times over, Our duty in 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 each other.
Only
then can we bloom in our own garden.
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