You call this Beautiful?

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I found this Rose yesterday

and I ignored her..and

 chose another!

Something draws me back to her...!

She is so different..

So unusual...

This is not.. in my mind

a very flattering pose...

She looks tired..

crushed...

She has given her all

and she no longer

has the freshness

and

clarity

she once did!

It would be all to easy

to dismiss her..

and yet I can't..

Look at the deep layers

of petals within her..

Oh how I wish she could tell me

her story...

She is beautiful...

in her giving...

in her determination to be

fully who she is..

in all the stages

of her life....

Is this not also true for us??

May I/We..

have the same beauty

and determination

to be

fully who we are

in all the stages of our lives!!

Thank you dear Rose

 for blessing me

 with your wisdom

even after I ignored you!