We Reject People so Easy when We Consider Only Their Flaws
We do not throw roses away but we hold them happily in our hands, because we focus not on the thorns but on their flower and lovely scent. But we act towards our brothers just the other way around. We are unable to see their beauty but the thorns, their shortcomings. And we reject them so easily…
We do not throw roses away but we hold them happily in our hands, because we focus not on the thorns but on their flower and lovely scent. But we act towards our brothers just the other way around. We are unable to see their beauty but the thorns, their shortcomings. And we reject them so easily…
We do not throw roses away but we hold them happily in our hands, because we focus not on the thorns but on their flower and lovely scent. But we act towards our brothers just the other way around. We are unable to see their beauty but the thorns, their shortcomings. And we reject them so easily…
Roses are beautiful but they also have thorns. Despite this, we do not throw them away but we hold them happily in our hands, because we focus not on the thorns but on their flower and lovely scent. This is at least the attitude that we should have towards our brother, who means much more than a rose without life. At least!
But we act towards our brothers just the other way around. We are unable to see their beauty but the thorns, their shortcomings. And we reject them so easily…
(Translation from: Arhimandrit Vasilios Bacoianis, Căsătoria, Editura Tabor, Bucureşti, 2010, p. 96)
