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The thorns

Try to protect the rose.

The rose

Tries to liberate the thorns.

Similarly, fear

Tries to caution faith.

Faith

Tries to illumine fear. ```

From:Sri Chinmoy,Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 200, Agni Press, 1994
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