Doctor C J's Blog

What’s your rose story?  

the best thing to do is allow the situation to help us grow!  

I am so sorry I haven’t been connecting with my Blog – been off the grid connecting more with the ebb and flow of life  has it cracks me open wider and reminds me I have more than one soul’s assignment.

I’ve decided the challenging  time I’m going through right now is my before story. You know like so many people who make it BIG — they always have a before story. Not to say that I’m striving to make it BIG – but I recognize that sometimes life gets in the way of living and we just have to bob and weave as best we know how – at least for now.

Carol Burnett the comedienne: her alcoholic parents gave her to her grandmother and she and her grandmother had to live in a boarding house (her before story) –  Tony Robbins the self-help guru: was a janitor for years (his before story) – Tyler Perry the entertainer …. was homeless and lived  in a car for two years (his before story) — you get my drift.

I am an avid gardener and the other day as I was pruning my roses Spirit showed me how roses have to put up with a lot of shiiiiit  in order to bud, blossom, and become fragrant. The thorns are their protection, they actually need both rain and sunshine and yes fertilizer (shiiiit) — before they become our gift  that we give as a beautiful expression of love . MMM-uh; even a beautiful rose has her before story.

“Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses.” Alphonse Karr

So I started looking at my challenges and situations as fertilizer, rain, & sunshine, helping me to grow into my beauty which will allow me to be a gift to others. And I’ll admit my thorns of protection can be bitchy!  Oh yeah, I don’t always enjoy being drenched with rain or burned by too much sunshine!

BUT — I now know that: situations, challenges, & celebrations; groom us – for the bloom in us!

Please reply below to the questions of the day:

How many of us are living our before story?

                                                                               How many of you want to share your before story to inspire us who are still living it?

Here’s a cyber hug {{♥}} touching you with love and light,  

                                                Come back soon for another cup of comfort!