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, but noticed thorns upon the stem 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 just 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 of another, and find the rose within them.
Foolish Eyes
They have a mind of their own
The mind to cry for everything
Even when my brain is constantly telling them
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I go by each day with this smile on my face
This smile is just a thin layer that covers the scars I'm forced to embrace
I try to look at the world through not these eyes, but the eyes that others see
Because my internal picture is covered in dark debris
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No one talks to him, he doesn't fit in
But you feel like you do when you make fun of him
You want to belong so you go along
But his pain is the price paid for you to belong
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Hold my Hand
Don't Let it Go
We'll Travel the World
Like Leaves that Blow
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Like being thrown in the ocean when you can't swim
You can only stay afloat for so long before you sink in
And while you're at the surface you see the one that threw you
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