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 people ...
Within every soul ... there is a ROSE.
The qualities planted in us WHILE IN THE WOMB,
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 SPIRIT within us,
and eventually it dies.
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 PUREST, most innocent, and GRACIOUS characteristic of love -
to have grace and 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,
and most likely, blooming thirty, sixty, a hundred-fold,
as it is GIVEN
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 have for each other.
Only then can WE bloom.
kevin you were amazing the other night at the house of blues!!! ive been listening to your music non stop since then i hope you come back to boston soon!!
Hey! I wanted to let you know that i saw you and the script concert just a couple hours ago and thought you were amazing. Keep up the amazing work Kevin! and btw, you should make a facebook.
Thanks for the add!
