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
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