Admire the beauty of the rose

Love is a rose
But you better not pick it.
It only grows
When it's on the vine.
Handful of thorns
And you'll know you missed it.
You lose your love
When you say the word MINE.
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Neil Young,
"Love Is A Rose"

Odd how something so seemingly beautiful can hurt you say if you try to call it your own. The rose is one of the most beautiful plants in the world in my opinion. Lovely to view but also providing such an aromatic fragrance like few plants can match. Be careful how you admire the rose though. Those thorns can be quite painful....pick a rose and its life is limited but nurtue the rose in its natural state and no telling how long it will be around. Odd how this relates in some ways to Becca's post yesterday regarding "what if's". What if I had let the rose continue to grow and flourish instead of trying to claim its beauty for my own? How long could I have continued to bask in the beauty? So may decisions as we go through life and each one can lead to so may different equations. Kinda cool the way one TINY MINISCULE change can affect a lifetime full of events. One miscue at the wrong time can change the way one is perceived while one kind word at just the right time can make ones image almost saintly. Its all about the little things right? And also about knowing when to admire the rose from afar and when to cup it in your hand, drawing in the beauty of it with all your senses, yet knowing not to remove it from the vine.....lifegiving vine.

BKS