2017 miles Day 158

I want to share a picture of a rose that our daughter salvaged out of the trash when she was in college about 10 years ago and had a part time job at the local greenhouse.

It had some disease or something and no one thought it was worth the effort to salvage, but our daughter did.  She gave it to us, we pruned it severely, planted it in a container on the east side of the shop, gave it some water, and every year it says thank you.  It's amazing what a severe pruning can do.

In many ways, we are like this rose.  We sabotage our own happiness because we don't think we are worthy of such happiness.  When we look in the mirror, see ourselves for who we really are, not just how we think we are.  See ourselves as others see us.  That we really are worth it.  The pruning is not easy and it hurts.  It takes a bit of time, but the end result are worth it.

Now, GET OUT THERE - You have work to do!!!