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Today's
Meditation:
No
flowers in a garden can thrive unless they are cared
for. Yes, they may bloom and show a bit of color,
but as time goes on they'll lose their ability to do so as
long as they're not cared for. Weeds will take over
and the soil will lose its nutrients, making growth almost
impossible.
We're
a lot like flowers in that way. We do need help; we
need encouragement and direction and teaching if we're to
reach our potential as happy, loving people. Yes, we
can get by alone, but what do we become without the help
of others? Do we simply survive, or do we
thrive? Do we show all that we're able to show, or
do we exhibit the bare minimum? Without the care
that comes from other people in our lives, we wouldn't
have grown up to be the people we are, would we have?
So
let us be grateful to them. Let's feel the
thankfulness inside for all that they've given us, even
the minute amounts that have added up together to become
much more than than they were individually. These
people have given us hope and courage and peace and
knowledge, and we would be remiss in our duties as human
beings to neglect to be grateful for their precious gifts
that have helped us so much.
Isn't
it time that we recognize the good that the many have
given to us, rather than focusing on the bad that the few
have done to us? This attitude may not help those
who have given to us, as they may be long gone-- dead or
moved away-- but it sure can help us to pass on their gifts
to someone else who's in need.
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