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 distanc 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 man then explained to his sons that they were all right, because they
had each seen but only one season
He told them that you cannot judge a tree, or a person,
by only one season in the tree's life
If you give up when it's winter, you will miss the promise of
your spring
the beauty of your summer, the fulfillment of your fall.
Don't judge life by one difficult season
Persevere through the difficult patches and better times are sure to come some time or later