Dont Judge to Quickly!

There was a man who had four sons. He wanted his sons to learn not to judgethings too quickly. So he sent them each on a quest, in turn, to go and look atapear tree that was a great distance away.
The first son went in the winter, the second in the spring, the third in summerand the fourth son in the fall.

When they had all gone and come back, he called them together to describe whatthey had seen.

The first son said that the tree was ugly, bent and twisted.

The second son said, no, that it was covered with green buds and full ofpromise.

The third son disagreed; he said it was laden with blossoms that smelled sosweet 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 withfruit - full of life and fulfillment.

The man then explained to his sons that they were all right, because they hadeach 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, andthat the essence of who they are and the pleasure, joy, and love that comes fromthat life can only be measured at the end, when all the seasons are up.