Life is a journey. Life is a gift. It is very much like a rose garden, with fragrant flowers abounding. But there are always the thorns. Be careful tending the roses in your garden. Wear gloves, if necessary. If you don’t, pay keen attention to what you are doing. Though the thorns exist, you needn't be pricked by them. They will not attack you. It is only the result of your own negligence that will find you bleeding. Simple awareness will avoid this. In the absence of being skewered by thorns, a journey in a rose garden is a most pleasant experience. So proceed with care-- and enjoy the garden which is your life.

May the sun shine upon and within you…
Always!