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5 5 KNOW YOURSELF, BE CONFIDENT
KNOW YOURSELF, BE CONFIDENT

“Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but th in your abilities! Without a humble but
“Believe in yourself! Have fai
reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful t be successful
reasonable confidence in your own powers you canno

—Norman Vincent Pealeeale
or happy.” .” —Norman Vincent P
or happy
In a garden filled with bushes and weeds, there appeared a white rose. It was

as white as snow. The petals of the flower looked like

velvet and the morning dew shone

from its leaves like glowing

jewels. The flower couldn’t

see herself, so she had no idea

how pretty she was. And so it

was how she spent her days,

without knowing that all around

her were amazed by her and

her perfection—her perfume,
the softness of her petals, her elegance.

She didn’t realise that everyone who saw her spoke well of her. The weeds
that surrounded her were fascinated by her beauty and lived in a state of

charm of her aroma and appearance.

One hot, sunny day, a girl was walking through the garden, thinking about

how many lovely things Mother Nature has given us. When she suddenly saw

the white rose in a forgotten part of the garden, she noticed that the rose

was beginning to fade. “It has been days since it rained,” she thought. “If the

rose stays here till tomorrow it will be totally withered. I’ll take it home and

put it in the lovely vase I got as a present.” And so she did. With all her love,

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