Live Life Like a Rose
When we receive or buy a dozen roses, we put them into water with a bit of food, and enjoy their beauty. But after a couple days we may start to take them for granted…look at them without really seeing them. Suddenly, we notice they’re looking a bit droopy and wilted. Since rose stems clog easily, we realize they must be trimmed to open up their ability to absorb water again.
So it was with my beautiful pink roses. If I wanted to continue enjoying their beauty, they had to be trimmed. As I set about this task, I became aware of several things…
- One rose had just given up and died…its petals falling off
- The remaining 11 rose stems needed to be shortened to stay alive
- Many roses had to give up some of their bottom leaves to fit into a new vase
- All the roses had to change and adapt in order to continue living in a different way
It suddenly hit me how much we are like these roses…how we live our lives.
Just like that one rose – some find it difficult to continue to hang on…and just give up. They don’t get the life-sustaining learning and understanding they need in life and lose their will (petals) one by one until they die inside.
Others need to make changes in life…trim their stems so to speak…to continue moving on in life.
Many must eventually give up something…let go of ideas, people, thinking and habits that don’t serve and sustain them any longer in their life.
And just like the remaining 11 roses, we must all be willing to change - and adapt to those changes – so we can continue to live our lives…albeit in a different way.
Every human being is born with an innate desire and drive to live as long as possible.
Learn to be like that Rose…willing to change, adapt and let go of anything necessary to continue living a Beautiful Life!
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Please feel free to leave all your thoughts, questions, and comments below…I love hearing from you! I am very grateful to Spirit for offering new awareness, understanding and perception… and inspiring this blog post!
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