When
we plant a rose seed in the earth we notice that it is small, but
we do not criticize it as "rootless and stemless." We treat it as
a seed giving it the water and nourishment required of a seed. When
it first shoots up out of the earth, we don't condemn it as immature
and underdeveloped; nor do we criticize the buds for not being open
when they appear. We stand in wonder at the process taking place and
give the plant the care it needs at each stage of its development.
The
rose is a rose from the time it is a seed to the time it dies, within
it, at all times it contains its whole potential. It seems to be constantly
in the process of change; yet at each state, at each moment, it is
perfectly all right as it is.
