i like roses

I found this very interesting... having read this over and over again, the more beauty i discovered in it... thnx to my bf for this post... God bless you!


"PARABLE OF THE ROSE"

A certain man planted a rose & watered it faithfully,
& before it blossomed, he examined it. He saw the bud
that would soon blossom also have thorns with it. &
he thought, *How can any beautiful flower come from
a plant burdened with so many sharp thorns?
He felt very sad by this thought, & he neglected to water
the rose, & before it was ready to bloom, it died............

So it is with many people. Within every soul there is a rose.
Allah like qualities planted in us at birth growing
amid the thorns of our faults.
Many of us look at ourselves & see only the thorns,
[the defects].
We despair, thinking that nothing good can possibly
come from us.
We neglect to water the good deeds within us,
& 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 to a person can possess
is to be able to reach past the thorns
& find the rose within others...... ..

This is the characteristic of love,

To look at a person, & knowing his faults,
Recognize the nobility in his soul, & help him
to realize that he can overcome his faults...... .

If we show him the rose, he will conquer the thorns.
Then it will blossom hundred- folds as it is given to him.

"Our duty in this world is to help others by showing them
their roses & not their thorns [the defects]..........''