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.
　　This is the characteristic of love... to look at a person and, knowing his faults, recognize the nobility in his soul, and help him realize that he can overcome his faults. If we show him the "rose" within himself, he will conquer the thorns. Only then will he blossom many times over.
　　
　　内在的玫瑰
　　有一个人种了一棵玫瑰，他精心地给玫瑰浇水，在它开花之前仔细地观察它。
　　他看到了很快就要绽放的花蕾，但是也注意到了干上的刺。他想：“美丽的花怎么会从一棵为许多尖刺所累的植物里长出来呢？”这么一想，他伤心起来，就忘了给玫瑰浇水。于是，玫瑰就在即将开花之时死了。
　　许多人都是这样。每一个人身上都有如玫瑰花般地美好品质。这些品质与生俱来，在我们如刺一般的缺点中成长。我们许多人在看自己时只看到了身上的“刺”——缺点。
　　我们失望了，认为我们没有什么好的地方。我们忽视发展在我们里面的优点，最终它也死掉了。我们从来没有实现我们的潜能。
　　一般人看不到他们自己拥有的“玫瑰”，其他人应该帮助他们看到这些玫瑰。伟人的一个突出才能就是能够超越别人身上的刺，发现他们内在的玫瑰。
　　这是爱的一个特质——看别人时，既看到他们实实在在的缺点，同时也要始终看到他们内在的优点；帮助他人认识到他们能克服自己的缺点。如果能让他们看到自己内在的“玫瑰”，他们就能战胜身上的“刺”。只有这样，他们才能一遍遍地“开花”。