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To
All The Love In This World
Parable Of The Rose
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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 truest, 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, and most
likely, blooming thirty, sixty, a hundred- fold, as it's given to them.
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.'
~Author Unknown~
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    In all that is good in life
the Love we give each other
Is by far the most precious of treasures.
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