Have a Happy Weekend
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 during spring, the
third during 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; he said it was ripe and drooping with
fruit, full of life and fulfillment.
The man then explained to his sons that they all were 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 or one interaction or few meetings. The essence of who they are, the
pleasure, joy, and love that come from that life can only be measured at the
end, when all the seasons are up.
If up give up when it’s winter, you will miss the promise of
your spring, the beauty of your summer, fulfillment of your fall.
Moral of the story:
Let us not judge life by just one global recession!
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