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*The Parable of the Rose*






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 many times over,




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.








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[Touch Me]
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[Dear Mister Jesus]
Abuse Through The Eyes Of A Child
[Angel By My Side]~ The Prayer ~
Celine Dion/Andrea Bocelli]
[An Irish Blessing]
by Roma Downey
[The Awakening]      [Anticipation]
[Wings Of Distant Beauty]
[Elusive Butterfly Of Love]
[Fly, Fly, Precious One
[Island Dream]
[Desiderata]
[The Hypnotic Rose]
[When Tomorrow Starts Without Me]
[She Walks In Beauty]
[Comes The Dawn & Beauty Of A Woman]
[Soaring With The Angels]
[Little Eyes Upon You]
[From This Moment On]
[Emerald Leaves]
Enchanting Fairie Child
[Fields Of Gold]
[Can't Live..If Living Is Without You]
[Dance Of The Fairies]








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~The Parable of the Rose~ was written
by Umair...a college student in Saudi Arabia.






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