My thorn has been the last 2 and half years of being behind the eight ball in life. because of circumstances that happened in 2008 I had to fight off this thorn of pain because i knew beneath this thorn was a flower. I put this flower in my mind to keep me positive and motivated through the times of this thorn of pain both emotionally and financially.
The thorn was made up of being let go by a new owner at the winery I worked for then 8 months of only part time work going through my savings feeling the recession biting finally getting a full time job but something that I hated to do but it was a pay check and finally after 2 years my relationship dumps me and doesn’t say why. This really hurt because when I returned from Australia in May 2006 I had my goals and plans in place.
The flower has shown its beauty from this thorn of 2 and half years just recently. That my debt is going down while my savings is still going. That my prospects for getting back into the wine industry looks good. Working on my second book a photo travel book based on my first book. Taking wine courses to stay up to date and socializing with fellow wine lovers. Getting excited about my interest in photography and writing again but stronger. That my health is still good because I lost weight.
But most of all is my trip that I am taking in May 2011 to Hong Kong and China. To spend time with friends and especially one special person who ’s been this rose that blossomed from this thorn. She has kept my spirits up my motivation and my positive feeling that I will be at a better place next year. This is a young Chinese girl I met at a youth hostel in Sydney.
The flower is that if you believe in yourself that you can do more then want the thorn is doing to you then you will be at peace with yourself. That never give up on your dreams and hopes and that there are true friends out there who support you and believe in you. That no matter how much negative is there this flower of inspiration is stronger then this nasty thorn.
It is a struggle to make each day at this job but my mind looks at the future this FLOWER to me is inspiration and positive that my goals are worth everything to me no matter how long I live.
So now I am smelling this rose because it is starting to blossom for me even thought there’s still a bit of the thorn hanging on
this is my THORN to Flower story which is still going on
by Raymond Ringhoff