We can complain that roses have thorns, or we can rejoice that thorn bushes have roses.
—Anonymous
The choice is ours, and it is one of the most important ones we can make.
April 1, 2016
Our Choice
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I think it idiotic to complain that roses have thorns. It’s like moaning that – in absence of any other meat – a hungry lion might have you as an appetizer. Nature is what it is. Beauty and beast – side by side.
However, and it’s easily overlooked, just because one shouldn’t “complain” about a thorn in our flesh we are perfectly entitled to admit it hurts when pricked.
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It’s not about reality, it’s about how we react to it. Some people focus only on the things they don’t like.
Why one or the other. Both are facts. It is what is said that is important but we seem to pay more attention to how it is said. In this case, the word “complain”, if replaced with just “say”. it means something totally different.
Yes, the word complain was chosen for a reason.
a wonderful message in its power and simplicity monk.
not to mention the sheer beauty of both too.
Andy saw the quote on the back cover of the latest issue of Country Magazine. He was taken by it and so was I. I agree, it’s simple and powerful.
I like that!
We did too!
I’ve seen this quote before and love it.
I’ll take roses any day, thorns and all!
🙂
and truly, isn’t that the way it is anyway?
that no matter how perfect something is
there will be something thorny too.
Ying and Yang
xoxo
Thanks for reminding me!
It’s a great reminder that life will never be perfect.