Cherokee Seasons

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Hello my dearest Brothers and Sisters -

A lovely friend very kindly sent this message to me and I hoped it

would be alright for me to share its beautiful reflections with you.

Many blessings and much love always -

Jayne xxx

There was an Indian Chief 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 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, the fulfillment of your Fall.

Moral:

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.