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PARABLE OF THE ROSE

PARABLE OF 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, but noticed thorns upon the
stem 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 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 know their true faults. Accepting
that person into your life, while recognizing
the nobility in their soul. Help them to realize
that they can overcome their faults. If we show
them the rose, they will conquer their 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. Only then
can we bloom in our own garden.

Author Unknown

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