Thorn in the rose

"Be kind, for every soul you meet is fighting a battle" -Socrates

Human beings are wonderful creatures, perfectly crafted, beautifully woven into shape and carefully sorted by emotions. Humans seek each other hoping to find a reflection of themselves in others, with a mindset of pure human with no flaw(s). They automatically connect with a being that share the same philosophy and ideas as them. Once they find the ones they are in sync with, a bit of challenges arises because they can't find a true reflection of themselves in others but only a semblance.

The reason is that humans comes in different grades, you can't have a perfect human without tweaking some things either through tolerance or patience. The major reason why there exist a change is the way and manner in which we curtail our emotions. Some people can't help but to blame others when a misfortune befall them while some pass through the challenge in quietude.

Life on earth is like an odyssey, ranging from mental to emotional odysseys, from physical to spiritual odysseys. This voyage is usually marked by a swift change in fortune. At a point, you're getting it right and some other you're lost. This brings about a sudden change in attitude and perception of ideas. Only people with high emotional quotient can meander through the tidal waves of the odyssey. At the end of each odyssey comes a series of experiences that give knowledge and understanding in a whole new concept ready to be utilized in the next voyage.

We often notice a change in personality of the people we love and cherish but we can't know if the person is going through something sinister and which could bring out a baleful or loathsome character. But we would be taken aback by the change in attitude and character, don't paint the person bad because of a change in personality.

In other to have a peaceful coexistence amongst ourselves, it would be nice to try and talk up the changes you perceived; but if the individual is unwilling to share what went wrong, then it is better to let him pass through the storm. We can help our self by viewing it as a thorn in the rose.

No one dislikes the smell of a rose,but we forget that there's something that comes with the rose that could make us care less about the smell of a rose, and that is the 'thorn'. What if you have a thorn free rose but later found out that a thorn lies within the rose. What would happen?
Throw the rose away and be short of its fragrance? Remove the thorn and savour the luscious smell of the rose?
Whatever option is your choice,you must not be found wanting of a rose in life.
Human beings are like rose,we have the bad side which is the thorn. A bad person can still have something good to offer it's just that 'Good' is a word misunderstood by him.
Bottom line is endeavour to see the good in people and relationship. Be positive always.