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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, one by

one, to go and look at a pear tree a great distance away.

The first son went in the winter, the second in the spring, the

third in the summer and the fourth 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, the

tree was covered with green buds and full of promise. The

third son disagreed; he said it was laden with blossoms and

smelled very sweet and looked beautiful. 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

only seen one season in the tree's life. He told them that

you cannot judge a tree, or a person, by only one season;

the essence of who they are, and the pleasure, joy and love

that comes from that life can only be measured at the end,

when all the seasons are up.

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