“Then one day it happened. It had been there all along, but he hadn’t noticed it before. A little thing actually, yet big enough to completely change his life forever. Looking down at it, he smiled. At that very moment, he realized that while he could not change his job, his job did not determine who he was as a person. He had no control over the job the master gave him, only how he would perform it. There it was at his feet—a delicate, beautiful example of how any job given by the master, if he was obedient, could bring about something wonderful.”
― On Which Side of the Road Do the Flowers Grow?
― On Which Side of the Road Do the Flowers Grow?
“On which side of the road do the flowers grow? Not on the side of the perfect jar, but on the side of the one you would have me throw away—the one with all the imperfections.”
― On Which Side of the Road Do the Flowers Grow?
― On Which Side of the Road Do the Flowers Grow?
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