I began to think upon the phrase “I never promised you a rose garden” and its insinuation towards the idea that in a relationship, one is stating that I never promised you that it was going to be perfect. I began to wonder… maybe it is a rose garden that we are promising after all, and in any relationship for that matter.
As I thought of the aspects of a rose garden and the aspects of relationships, I began to see more similarities than differences.
Growth must occur to find who we are and what we are and to thus accept others in their truest form.
Beauty can be found in both tangible and intangible aspects as growth evelops, wilts, and fades to the beauty of laughter lines and misty eyes of a delicate dried decomposing memory.
Thorns are invasive to prick your soul in times of confusion and conflict.
And change. Change is inevitable.
So maybe we do promise rose gardens. They just happen to be more realistic in time.
