In the garden of life and love, you will one day find the rose that you pluck, and that you hold close to your bosom. That rose becomes yours to keep, to cherish, to caress, and to hold beside you always.

There’ll always be another beauty, another hunk, another attractive and warm person who comes along your way. The rose you plucked did not deplete the garden. The soil will continue to flourish and beautify the scenery and add luster to life for all those who pass by. But the bloom you picked is the one that you value most.

If it beautifies and inspires your life, as you add loveliness to its life by your gentle caring, then there’s no need to leave it and seek another.

God’s magnificence continues to flourish in His Garden. Enjoy the beauty that surrounds you in the garden of life…but hold dear the flower that is yours… and let others without their own petals seek a lovely rose to be their own.