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she put the fading white rose in the water inside the vase and placed it by

the window. “I’ll put it here, so the flower can get some sun,” she

thought. What the young girl didn’t realise was that the

reflection from the window meant that for the

first time, the rose got to see herself and

what she looked like. “Is that me?”

thought the rose. Little by little, her

drooping leaves began to rise, once

again stretching up towards the

sun. Gradually, the rose got back

her former appearance. When she

was totally back to her best, she

looked at her reflection and saw

that she was indeed a beautiful

flower. She thought, “Wow! Till

now I hadn’t realised who I was.

How could I have been so blind?”

The rose came to realise she had

spent her days without appreciating her beauty,

unable to see herself, unable to know who she really was. If you really want to

know who you are, forget everything that’s around you, and just look into your

heart.

I am good. I am confident
I am good. I am confident
and strong. I will not give up. t give up.
and strong. I will no
I can do good things.
I can do good things.

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