These roses under my window make no reference to former roses or to better ones; they are for what they are; they exist with God to-day. There is no time in them. There is simply the rose; it is perfect in every moment of its existence. Before a leaf-bud has burst, its whole life acts; in the full-blown flower there is no more; in the leafless root there is no less. Its nature is satisfied, and it satisfies nature, in all moments alike. But man postpones or remembers; he does not live in the present, but with reverted eye laments the past, or, heedless of the riches that surround him, stands on tiptoe to foresee the future. He cannot be happy and strong until he too lives with nature in the present above time.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Self-Reliance)
Rose-eing is very lovely-I want to Rose too
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Such stunning beauties!! And I think Mr. Emerson’s quote is just about perfect — we all need to BE more in the present to appreciate life, rather than fretting over the future or regretting the past.
Those are gorgeous roses – the smell would be wonderful. Now, roses are all that remain in my garden. When I had everything else cleared out last year, I left the roses, even though they have seen better days. I was sad he pulled out my very first rose bush from 1985 that I got for one dollar and has thrived all these years.