What the Rose Says

The secret of change
is to focus all of your energy,
not on holding the old,
but on building 
the new.

Socrates, 469-399 B.C.  Greek Philosopher





Or, if you prefer---then in Revelation 21:  "Behold I make all things new!"   But these are frightening words to hear and the hardest to accept--that who we are is always changing. We live under the illusion that who we are now is stable--yet it is not, never--so do we build on what we are becoming or try to hold on to who and what we are?  

Which brings us back to the rose...
It goes through a life cycle and is always moving toward its next bloom.  The healthy plant fosters new growth.  No bloom is exactly like the last one.  

Which brings us back to our own lives....
Do we have the slightest inkling of who we are becoming and want to be? 
Maybe if we did, then we could prepare and build for the new.  

I like the image of the flower--open to the sun, responsive to light...
for Christians, are we open to the Son who is the Light of the world?