Don’t Judge Life By One Difficult Season
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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I pinched this from Chica from on facebook and she pinched it from somebody else..lol…thanks Chica..xx
on that i am going to try and sleep i am going to hope to wake in spring or summer the winter of my soul has been cold damp and disparing lol
That is the most wonderful story I have ever read…Thank you for posting it.
just lovely kat thank you
Wonderful kat xo
We all go through seasons in life don’t we…times when nothing seems to be happening…times when eveyrhing seems to be going right….times when everything seems to be going wrong….times when we are haing to learn a particular lesson…they are so varied…and at various times but the thing is….they change….and we have to learn to embrace each one as it comes….not always easy but that’s life. Seed……time……harvest…..I have been through countless seasons as I am sure everyone else has….at the moment I seem to be reaping some kind of harvest…..we sow….and wait…..and reap. interesting. They say you reap what you sow.
XXXXXX M
It was beautiful and true. We have many seasons in our life if you give up you will miss
some of the best season and that would be very sad. Thank you Beth for sharing.
I’m sorry I meant Thank you KAT
Oh Sorry Kat made the same mistake..lol….