Can't Rush the Rose

When we want to experience the beauty of the Rose, we plant a seed.

We nuture it, water it, fertilize it, and offer it sunlight.

Then... we let it be.

Breaking the seed open before it is ready, pulling at it, tugging at it to try to get it to bloom faster would only result in one thing: death. The rose would not bloom, it would die.

Patiently we await for the day it blooms....

When patience is looked at in this way, it is clear that it is not just a virtue.

It is essential for life.

Patience is not anxious.

Patience is not worried.

Patience is not restless.

Patience does not yell or cry.

And what patience is.... ultimately.... is trust.

A knowing that what will be, will be...

and not a moment too late.