Roses And Thorns

[Ray S S]

Here is an email I got and it has a good lesson. Enjoy. Ray

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 that is 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 our-
selves 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 out potential.

Some people do not see the rose within themselves; someone 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 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

[fossis]

So true

Fossis............