THE ROSE

A gardener has a garden and in the garden are roses, beautiful roses. Roses so wonderful that he has willingly invested his time, money, and love into. He has cared for these roses from day one. He pulls the weeds, he waters them, he talks to them, and he prunes them. One day along come some dandelions and they ask the rose if they can grow with you in the garden. You see no harm in them, after all they are so small and you are the beautiful strong rose, so you let them in. They come in and they look so great with their little yellow flowers and their cute white puffs. You like what you see and appreciate the color they add to your day. The gardener sees them and says that the dandelions have to go. You plead to the gardener to let them stay. You see the gardener has different plans. He loves his roses so much and wants to see them flourish. He tries to tell you that the little flowers take away so much from the roses. In the long-run and if you let them they will just destroy the wonderful garden he created for you. The rose still liking her little flowers, wants them to stay. The gardener allows them to stay. What else can the gardener do, he loves his roses and wants to see them happy. He never looses sight of the roses that he loves so much though. He allows the dandelions to spread their seed and blossom wherever they want to. He still watches his beloved garden wondering if the rose will see that the little flower that she cares for is trying to do.

To her surprise she starts to wilt. She knows that she is not getting enough. But she doesn't know what she is not getting enough of. So she continues to wilt, the gardener comes to her and asks again if he can pull up all the dandelions around her and treat her soil so that they wont come back. She again argues that it might hurt the cute little flowers. He again says “do you not think I have your best interest in mind? Confused of what to do she remember that he has always been there for her and always cared for her. Not once does she remember him missing a watering or a fertilizing. She gives him the go ahead just knowing that she will miss her beloved friends she allowed to come into her garden and live.


You see the gardener knew the big picture he had seen this happen before; he knows the outcome before she did. The rose did not see that the little thing she thought to be good was not. In her blindness she did not see the dandelions strangling the life out of her and stealing her nourishment.

If the gardener did not know what was going on do you think the rose would have died? If the gardener knows so much why didn't he just go against the rose and kill what was stealing her life, her nourishment, and her joy?