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    The story is about a father who teaches his four sons not to judge things too quickly by having each son visit a pear tree in a different season. The first son sees the tree in winter and thinks it is ugly, while the second sees it in spring and thinks it is full of promise. The third sees it in summer and thinks it is beautiful, and the fourth sees it in fall and thinks it is ripe with fruit. The father explains that they are all right because each only saw one season, and a tree or person cannot be judged by one season alone but by all the seasons together.

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    The story is about a father who teaches his four sons not to judge things too quickly by having each son visit a pear tree in a different season. The first son sees the tree in winter and thinks it is ugly, while the second sees it in spring and thinks it is full of promise. The third sees it in summer and thinks it is beautiful, and the fourth sees it in fall and thinks it is ripe with fruit. The father explains that they are all right because each only saw one season, and a tree or person cannot be judged by one season alone but by all the seasons together.

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    The story is about a father who teaches his four sons not to judge things too quickly by having each son visit a pear tree in a different season. The first son sees the tree in winter and thinks it is ugly, while the second sees it in spring and thinks it is full of promise. The third sees it in summer and thinks it is beautiful, and the fourth sees it in fall and thinks it is ripe with fruit. The father explains that they are all right because each only saw one season, and a tree or person cannot be judged by one season alone but by all the seasons together.

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    The story is about a father who teaches his four sons not to judge things too quickly by having each son visit a pear tree in a different season. The first son sees the tree in winter and thinks it is ugly, while the second sees it in spring and thinks it is full of promise. The third sees it in summer and thinks it is beautiful, and the fourth sees it in fall and thinks it is ripe with fruit. The father explains that they are all right because each only saw one season, and a tree or person cannot be judged by one season alone but by all the seasons together.

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    “a Perspective story”

    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 fulfilment.
    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.
    That the essence of who they are and the pleasure, joy, and the 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,
    fulfilment of your fall.
    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.
    Aspire to Inspire Before You Expire
    Live Simply Love Generously. Care Deeply. Speak Kindly.
    Leave the Rest to the Universe.
    Happiness keeps You Sweet,
    Trials keep You Strong,
    Sorrow keeps You Human
    Failure keeps You Humble
    Success keeps You Growing,
    But only You, can keep You Going
    Invictus
    by William Ernest Henley

    Out of the night that covers me,


    Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
    I thank whatever gods may be
    For my unconquerable soul.

    In the fell clutch of circumstance


    I have not winced nor cried aloud.
    Under the bludgeonings of chance
    My head is bloody, but unbowed.

    Beyond this place of wrath and tears


    Looms but the horror of the shade,
    And yet the menace of the years
    Finds, and shall find me, unafraid.

    It matters not how strait the gate,


    How charged with punishments the scroll,
    I am the master of my fate;
    I am the captain of my soul.
    “a Perspective story”

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