When we plant a rose seed in the earth, we notice it is small, but we do not criticize it as "rootless and stemless." We treat it as a seed, giving it the water and nourishment（食物，营养） required of a seed.
When it first shoots up（射出，发芽） out of the earth, we don’t condemn it as immature and underdeveloped, nor do we criticize the buds for not being open when they appear. We stand in wonder at the process taking place, and give the plant the care it needs at each stage of its development.
The rose is a rose from the time it is a seed to the time it dies. Within it, at all times, it contains its whole potential. It seems to be constantly in the process of change: Yet at each state, at each moment, it is perfectly all right as it is.
A flower is not better when it blooms than when it is merely a bud; at each stage it is the same thing a flower in the process of expressing its potential.
相关单词：nourishment
nourishment解释：n.食物，营养品；营养情况
nourishment例句：
Lack of proper nourishment reduces their power to resist disease.营养不良降低了他们抵抗疾病的能力。
He ventured that plants draw part of their nourishment from the air.他大胆提出植物从空气中吸收部分养分的观点。
相关单词：condemn
condemn解释：vt.谴责，指责；宣判(罪犯)，判刑
condemn例句：
Some praise him,whereas others condemn him.有些人赞扬他，而有些人谴责他。
We mustn't condemn him on mere suppositions.我们不可全凭臆测来指责他。
相关单词：immature
immature解释：adj.未成熟的，发育未全的，未充分发展的
immature例句：
Tony seemed very shallow and immature.托尼看起来好像很肤浅，不夠成熟。
The birds were in immature plumage.这些鸟儿羽翅未全。
相关单词：perfectly
perfectly解释：adv.完美地，无可非议地，彻底地
perfectly例句：
The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。
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