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August 19, 2009

Four Seasons

I found this at a blog called True Love Is Life. Thank you, Sunshine, for your permission to share this in my post.


"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 the summer, and the youngest son in the fall.

When they had all gone and returned ,he called them together to describe what they had seen.

The First son (winter) said that the tree was ugly, bent & twisted . The Second son (spring) said it was covered with green buds & full of promise.

The Third son (summer) disagreed; he said it was laden with blossom that smelled so sweet & looked so beautiful, it was the most graceful tree that he had ever seen.

The last son disagreed with all of them; he said it was ripe and drooping with fruit, full of life & fulfillment.

The man then explained to his sons that they were all right, because they had seen only one season in the tree's life. He told them that you can't judge a tree, or a person, by only one season. That the essence of who they are, and the pleasure, joy & love that come from life, can only be measured at the end, when all the seasons are up."

11 comments:

Shadow said...

this is outstanding!

Unknown said...

Heh heh heh. Believe it or not, but I have the same article for oral performance for students.

They just read the stuff but the meaning was lost to them.

And you still have no comment on me eating your squirrel. :)

Ronda Laveen said...

What a great story...and so true!

Badass Geek said...

Interesting. Thanks for sharing!

CiCi said...

Shadow, I thought you would like this.

Shadowthorne, No squirrel eating here. They are just too cute to eat. Thanks for asking anyway.

Ronda, I agree it is a great story.

Badass Geek, Thanks for the visit and comment.

Mark said...

Love this story! Yes, we are too quick to judge and too quick to only look from one perspective. Thank-you for sharing this great lesson.

Sabi Sunshine said...

HI Techobabe.. love the pic you posted for four season.. and you are most welcome..

love
Sabi

Mike said...

That picture would make a great award!

heartinsanfrancisco said...

What a lovely and wise story! Thank you for sharing it.

Margie said...

Wonderful...I loved this!

Margie:)









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Julie said...

Oh, I love this! How beautiful. I hope when I get to the end of my life, I will have made lots of good fruit for others. Thanks for such a nice thought today!