WORTH READING 29 Jun 2005

A 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 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. Then will he
blossom, blooming forth thirty, sixty, a hundred-fold as it is given to
him.

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.

The virtue of true love is not finding the perfect person, but loving
the
imperfect person perfectly

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