Rose: A Sacred Union of Softness and Strength

Lovely Rose.

Soft. Patient. Present.

A tonic for a grieving heart.

A balm for an aching soul.

A reverence to the maiden within.

Rose is one of those timeless beauties. An enchanting soul drawing in the weary and wonderous alike. Not to take or capture, but to give.

To give her medicine.

To give her time.

To give her spirit.

To give her love.

Rose replenishes. Rose invites. Rose soothes.

She wraps you up in her arms and holds you close until you’re ready to carry on.

To carry on with a stronger heart and a softer soul.

But how do those co-exist? Strength and softness?

Rose is the ultimate giver. Her beauty, her luxury, her scent, her medicine, her spirit. She’s generous with all who come by.

But she’s not for the takers.

Those who want to take her beauty, luxury, scent, medicine and spirit without the reverence she deserves.

For those who are intentional, gentle, appreciative and awed by her presence - she opens, she blooms, she excites.

For those who take without thought, plunder without care, use her with greed…she becomes a thorn in their side.

Quite literally.

Rose gives.

She also protects.

Rose heals.

She also shields.

Rose is soft.

She is also strength.

Rose is a balm for a woman who over-gives, who lets her heart be taken again and again by those undeserving of her energy and essence, who finds herself encumbered by heartbreak once again…

Rose heals the heart. Rose eases the grief. Rose opens you up to love once more.

But not without protection. No, Rose also gives you her thorns. She gives you protection, so your heart remains safe while staying soft.

Strength and softness can coexist when the heart is protected, but not closed.

Because strength without softness becomes hardness.

Softness without strength becomes depletion.

Rose, in all her classic beauty, is a sacred union of both.