We all have thorns in our flesh. All of us. Love is when we stay and help someone pluck out their thorns one-by-one and they do the same for us. Love is also when we pluck the thorns out of our own flesh, one-by-one. But today, the world teaches us that we shouldn’t even see those thorns, that we should only see the petals. As a result, we don’t know how to love ourselves and we don’t know how to love others. Stay with the darkness, and bring that darkness into the light. It’s there, look at it. C. Joybell C.
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In the words of Dr. Seuss, "You have new things that you have to learn every day. You have new things that you have to learn every day." The world is a changing place, and it is a beautiful thing. But, as we face this change, there are some habits of mind that keep us from being able to see the changes for what they are.

We can become so accustomed to our old ways of doing things that we believe them to be the only way to do things. And, when someone tries to show us another way, we become frightened by it. We don't want to change our ways; we don't want to change ourselves; and we certainly don't want to change the world around us.

But, there's no place for our fear in love - the love that says "I can't stand this any more; I've got to do something about it." Love says, "I'm going to stay here with you until you change."

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