How did the rose ever open its heart and give to this world all of it’s beauty?

How did the rose ever open its heart and give to this world all of it’s beauty?

From Melissa, the contribution of how a few lovely sentences bring us right to the important experience of life. 

How did the rose ever open its heart and give to this world all of its beauty? It felt the encouragement of Light against its being; otherwise we all remain too frightened.

~Hafiz, translated by Daniel Ladinsky
Love Poems from God