Memories

"God gave us our memories so that we might have roses in December."
-James Matthew Barrie

Self Forgiveness

The appeal to heaven breaks off

The petals begin to fall,

in self-forgiveness.

-Flower Herding on Mount Monadnock

   

Giving

“The fragrance always remains in the hand that gives the rose.”

-George William Curtis

Trust

Simply trust:
Do not the petals flutter down,
Just like this?
—Issa

Fervent Love

When I felt her soft petals    
         
touch my hand,         
                                 
and smelled the dew

that flowed onto my fingers, 
                
life became        
                              
completely clear.

     -Ferventlove

Patience

“You can’t force

the petals of a rose open.

Simply nurture the plant and

they will unfold in their

own perfect way

and time.”

-Unknown

Happiness

“…I used to throw them up high into the air before they fell and
when my rose petals touched                    the monstrancce
my happiness was complete."
-St. Therese

Hope

“Do not watch the petals fall from the rose with sadness, know that, like life, things sometimes must fade, before they can bloom again.”  
 -Unknown