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 never 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 lessons:
- Don't let the pain of one season destroy
the joy of all the rest.
- Don't judge life by one difficult season.
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(Brought to you by TRINH SON
LUONG)
