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.
Lesson to learn From This Message : 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.
We never know what path is going to put before us on any given day. Today I was guided to your page as I searched for a picture of a rose with emphasis on its thorns. Visit catnipoflife for your photo credit which will guide my readers to your page and reflection on Life IS a Bed of Roses.
Very inspiring post!
http://catnipoflife.wordpress.com/2012/04/21/life-is-a-bed-of-roses/
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Here is a beautiful inspirational story
I love this story and I am re-blogging it to inspire more readers 🙂 Best wishes and lots of roses, Amira