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Don't Judge Life by one season
There was a man who had four sons. He wanted his sons to learn to not judge thing too quickly.
So, he sent them on a guest, in turn, to go and look at s pear tree that was a great distance away.
The first son went in the winter, the second in the spring, the third in the summer and then youngest
son int he 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 a 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 had ever seen.
The last son disagreed with all of them-- he said it was ripe and dropping with fruit, full of life and fullfilment.
The man then explained to his sons that they were all right, because they had each seen but one seasons 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 the all seasons are up. If you give up when it's winter, you will miss the promise of your spring, the beauty of your summer, fulfilment of your fall. Don't judge a life by one difficult season. Don't let the pain of one season destroy the joy of all the rest.
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