Thoughts to Ponder:
" Don't let the pain of one season destroy the joy of all the rest. "
Let's take a moment to read gems of meditations and dwell on their true meaning.
Thanks to Sis Gracie for reminding me to visit and have a post in my blog since it's very long time when I posted my last entry. Many thanks to Daddy Jay for the advice to catch and have an inspirational story post like what I did last Holy Week. Since some of you relate on my previous "Thought to Ponder" post, I decided to look again an indeed uplifting and encouraging story and post it every Monday to start our week right. Hope you like it. :)
This is a RE-POST. Credit to original author.
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Once there was a father who wanted to train his 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.
Don't let the pain of one season destroy the joy of all the rest.
Don't judge someone by one difficult season.
*Story and photos credit to original author.