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Lessons In Lessons In LifeLife

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There was a man There was a man who had four who had four

sons. sons. He wanted his He wanted his

sons to learn not sons to learn not to judge things to judge things

too quickly. too quickly.

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So he sent the So he sent the sons each on a sons each on a

quest, in turn, to quest, in turn, to go and look go and look

at a “at a “PEAR TREEPEAR TREE”” that was a great that was a great distance away distance away

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The first son went in the The first son went in the

winterwinter

The second son in the The second son in the

springspring

The third son in The third son in summersummer

The youngest son in the The youngest son in the

fallfall

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When all four sons When all four sons had gone and come had gone and come

back,back, he called them he called them

together and asked together and asked each one to each one to

describe whatdescribe what they had seen they had seen

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The first son The first son said that the said that the tree was ugly, tree was ugly,

bent, and bent, and twisted. twisted.

Winter SeasonWinter Season

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The second son The second son saidsaid

no the tree was no the tree was covered with covered with

green buds and green buds and full of promise.full of promise.

Spring SeasonSpring Season

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The third son The third son disagreed;disagreed;

he said the tree was he said the tree was laden with blossoms laden with blossoms

that smelled that smelled so sweet and looked so so sweet and looked so

beautiful, it was the beautiful, it was the most graceful thing he most graceful thing he

had had ever seen. ever seen.

Summer SeasonSummer Season

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The youngest son The youngest son disagreed with all of disagreed with all of

them; he said the them; he said the tree was ripe and tree was ripe and

drooping with fruit, drooping with fruit, full of life and full of life and fulfillment. fulfillment.

Fall SeasonFall Season

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The Father then The Father then explained to his explained to his

sons that they were sons that they were all right, because all right, because

they had each seen they had each seen but only one season but only one season in the peach tree’s in the peach tree’s

lifelife

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He told his sons that you He told his sons that you cannot judge a tree, or a cannot judge a tree, or a

person, by only one season, person, by only one season, and that the essence of who and that the essence of who they are and the pleasure, they are and the pleasure,

joy, and love that come joy, and love that come from that life can only be from that life can only be

measured at the end, when measured at the end, when all the seasons are up all the seasons are up

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Moral in Moral in thethe

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Don’t let the Don’t let the pain of one pain of one

season destroy season destroy the joy of all the joy of all

the rest the rest

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Don’t judge life Don’t judge life by one difficult by one difficult

season season

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Persevere Persevere through the through the

difficult patches difficult patches and better times and better times are sure to come are sure to come

some time some time

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Aspire to Aspire to Inspire Before Inspire Before You Expire!You Expire!

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Live Simply Live Simply andandLove Love

Generously Generously

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Care DeeplyCare Deeply and and

Speak Kindly Speak Kindly

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Leave the RestLeave the Rest to God to God

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Happiness keeps You Happiness keeps You SweetSweet

Trials keep You Strong Trials keep You Strong

Sorrows keep You Sorrows keep You Human Human

Failures keep You Failures keep You HumbleHumble

Success keeps You Success keeps You GlowingGlowing

Cherish Life’s Cherish Life’s ExperiencesExperiences

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RememberRememberOnly God Keeps Only God Keeps

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Time to Visit Time to Visit

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