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.
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.
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