The Changing of the Seasons....

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 lessons:

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.

An old rock group of coarse....

HI DC, many smiles to you, are you still holding the Jesus People....LOL I laugh every time I think of that post you sent.

Heres something kinda .. well differant. I just checked unanswered posts for a change and seen yours here. I was just about to go to bed. So I scanned to the bottom to see how long it was , that may have to read it tomarrow right.
So stopped and said what was that story I read about the 4 seasons.... and then I remebered it, so I went back to the top to start to post but decide to read yours first, will Yours was the story I read when I first became a member here I remembered. So.......o theres no sence in posting it nowwww, You already know it.. ..LOL

It was quite a memberable and learned story DC... I guess I`m the living proof that it was also ......

... ok Have to go get My Jesus People in order

Stay Happy

Thomas

Prism1111 wrote:An old rock group of coarse....

HI DC, many smiles to you, are you still holding the Jesus People....LOL I laugh every time I think of that post you sent.

They're kinda squirmy, and my arms are getting tired... Why are we holding them again?

Heres something kinda .. well differant. I just checked unanswered posts for a change and seen yours here. I was just about to go to bed. So I scanned to the bottom to see how long it was , that may have to read it tomarrow right.
So stopped and said what was that story I read about the 4 seasons.... and then I remebered it, so I went back to the top to start to post but decide to read yours first, will Yours was the story I read when I first became a member here I remembered. So.......o theres no sence in posting it nowwww, You already know it.. ..LOL

It was quite a memberable and learned story DC... I guess I`m the living proof that it was also ......

... ok Have to go get My Jesus People in order

Stay Happy

Thomas

If you are taking orders, I will have a bean burrito, and green tea, lemon on the side....