|
"In wildness is the preservation of the world"
Henry David Thoreau
 
There was an Indian
Chief 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 Chief 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
Spring, the beauty of Summer,
and
the fulfillment
of Fall.
Moral of the story:
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.
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!
|
