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The Pear Tree.
There was a man who had four sons. He wanted to teach his sons to learn not to judge things too quickly. So he sent them 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 the summer and the youngest in the autumn. 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 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 dripping with fruit, full of life and fulfillment.
The man then explained to his sons that they were all right, because they had each seen only one season in a trees 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 comes from life can only be measured in the end, when all the seasons are up.
If you give up when its winter, you will miss the promise of your spring, the beauty of your summer the fulfillment of your autumn.
Don’t let the pain of one season destroy the joy of all the rest. Don’t judge life by one difficult season. Persevere though the difficult patches and better times are sure to come some time.
Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God. Happiness keeps you sweet. Trials keep you strong. Sorrows keep you human.
Failures keep you humble. Success keeps you glowing, but only God keeps you going.