And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
From: Wolves
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Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 16:17:31 EST
Subject: PARABLE OF A ROSE
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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.
~Author Unknown~
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Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit)
Unenh onhwa' Awayaton
http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/
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