Rose and Thorns

We should consider everyday as a rose. Yes, you heard me a roses. A typical standard rose in its entirety has the beautiful fragrant flower as well as a stem garnished in thorns. Some people like to act like they are one of those rose bushes that don’t have thorns but we all do, those people are just in denial.

The rose flowers in our lives are all the positive things. The beautiful sunsets, delicious ice cream, that good gut-busting laugh that you had earlier, and anything else that’s positive. These are things that make our life beautiful, fragrant, and truly desired. Everyone has different roses and they are all beautiful. The thorns are the negative things that happen throughout the day. The plans that got cancelled, your car didn’t start, the bad news you got and so on. There are typically more thorns than there are flowers but that doesn’t make a rose any less desired. These thorns are things that we learn from and make us grow as individuals. I say all this to say count your roses and your thorns and then stare and bask in the beauty of the flower and throw the thorns to the side.

Sincerely,

A rose garden