Lessons of Life *seasons of life*

Lessons of 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 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 their lives and who they are 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

and the 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 days,

recognizing that the changing seasons will alter your view