[Nfbf-l] ROSES AND THORNS

[Patricia A. Lipovsky]

Again, great words of Wisdom.  Thanks for sharing.  Keep them coming, smile.


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From: "Alan Dicey" <adicey at bellsouth.net>
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Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2013 12:04 PM
Subject: [Nfbf-l] ROSES AND THORNS


> ROSES AND THORNS
> 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 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.
>
> -- Author Unknown
>
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