WORTH READING 23 Nov 2005

Lessons on Life

There was a man who had four sons. He wanted his sons to learn not to
judge
things too quickly. So he sent them each on a quest, in turn, to go and
look
at a pear tree that was a great distance away.

The first son went in the winter, the second in the spring, the third in
summer, and the youngest son in the fall.

When they had all gone and come back, he called them together to
describe
what they had seen.
The first son said that the tree was ugly, bent, and twisted. The second
son
said no it was covered with green buds and full of promise.

The third son disagreed; he said it was laden with blossoms that smelled
so
sweet and looked so beautiful, it was the most graceful thing he had
ever
seen.

The last son disagreed with all of them; he said it was ripe and
drooping
with fruit, full of life and fulfillment.
The man then explained to his sons that they were all right, because
they
had each seen but only one season in the tree's life.

He told them that you cannot judge a tree, or a person, by only one
season,
and that the essence of who they are and the pleasure, joy, and love
that
come from that life can only be measured at the end, when all the
seasons
are up.

If you give up when it's winter, you will miss the promise of your
spring,
the beauty of your summer, fulfillment of your fall.

Moral:

Don't let the pain of one season destroy the joy of all the rest. Don't
judge life by one difficult season. Persevere through the difficult
patches
and better times are sure to come some time or later.

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