Something came to me when
I woke from a brief nap the other day. I have been kind of setting with it
wondering why this phrase, being I have never heard it used before but, I think
it makes semi-sense now (in the flow chart of my mind):
[The
context surrounding this statement spoken to me was I was upset that the
parents of the person who was picking me up refused to even come and see this
individual before we drove off. I was adamant it was not okay and quite vocal
with these parents as I scurried to get ready, running late, as this individual
was parked and waiting for me and my main concern was this individuals
irritation at my tardiness and my not wanting to make them irritated and the
lack of help from these parents was frustrating additionally. As I got in the
car grumbling this individual stated this phrase as a 'I just realize']
"you didn't kill the
rose with the hose but you did cut it from the tree."
Now let's break this down a few ways; was the hose drug
across the tree? Meaning intent to water something perhaps not even that rose
bush/tree? Or was it the flow of water from the hose that took it from the
bush/tree? Was water even a factor? Or merely the means by which we know water
to come from? Could the hose have been putting out a fire, hence, extinguishing
something else? Thorns, what about the thorns, were there any remaining on the
one cut from the tree/bush? Thorns can be both protective and hurtful…
Water..: in the Thursday voices this was often a symbolic
meaning of baptism. Water as we wash our hands even symbolic...or even watering a rose?
Rose…: Generally equated with love? Nature? Rose of
Sharon?
Now it is not killed coming off…: Still life? Mistake?
Let it go?
Use of a hose…not a blade...
Hose…: Not thought of as dangerous. Thought to be means
of water…water.
Intent to water? Had watered? Neglected water? Will
water…will place in water?
No death. A live tree or bush. Singular rose. Cut. With a
HOSE?
Could this be telling me something so deep?? Intent vs.
Impact?
Could this be telling me something about my own
biological life? Nature vs. Nurture??
I will chew on this today as now I am Spiritually
energized to contemplate this! I hope you will also, as well as, all those you
interact with in one way or another--a contemplative paying-it-forward, if you
will...
Or could this be just half awake jumbled words heard from the TV in the room???
"God be with you
'til we meet again; loving counsels guide, uphold you, with a Shepard's care
enfold you, God be with you 'til we meet again"...Amen!
