Accept yourself, instructive story

in knowingyourself •  8 years ago 

 

Once, they say there was a king who was able to talk to plants. He goes one day in his garden and saw his flowers pale and dying, shrubs and trees. He went to the oak tree and asked him why he was pale and dying, and he responded that it was because he was sad and he will never be as tall as pine. Pine tree is however dying to give grapes as the vine. A vine was dying because she could blossom as a rose. Soon as he walked through the garden and talked with plants, he found a beautiful flower, completely healthy and fresh, greatly pleased him. When he was asked why he was not unhappy when not all the plants in the garden are, he received the following from the speech: - I think that's natural, because when you planted me, your goal was to brighten your garden to smell nice and cheer to you . Do you want oak, grapes and roses you planted them. So I guess I can not be anything other than what I am and try to develop their best qualities.

Look at yourself. You can only be what you are. It is impossible to become someone else. You have a choice, you can rejoice and "bloom" as it did, or you can fade and grief if you do not accept yourself.
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