Inspiring Story:Lessons on life

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 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, fulfillment of 
your fall. 

Inspiring Story:

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 some time or later.

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You are priceless to those who love you

A well-known speaker started off his seminar by 

holding up a dollar twenty ($20) bill, in the room

of two hundred (200) people. Speaker asked, 

"Who would like this dollar twenty ($20) bill?" 

Hands started going up.

Speaker said, "I am going to give this dollar twenty 

($20) bill to one of you but first, let me do this." 

He proceeded to crumple up the dollar twenty ($20) bill. 

He asked, "Who still wants it?" Still hands were up in 

the air.

"Well, what if I do this?" He dropped it on the ground 

and started to grind it into the floor with his shoe. 

He picked it up, now crumpled and dirty and asked, 

"Who still wants it?" Still hands went up into the air.

My friends, we have all learned a very valuable lesson. 

No matter what was done to the money, it was still 

wanted because it did not decrease in value. 

It was still worth dollar twenty ($20).

Many times in our lives, we are dropped, crumpled 

and ground into the dirt by the decisions we make 

and the circumstances that come our way. 

We may feel as though we are worthless and useless.

But no matter what has happened or will happen, 

you will never lose your value: dirty or clean, crumpled

or finely creased, you are still priceless to those 

who love you.

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Inspiring Story: Kindness Pays

One day, a poor boy who was selling goods from 

door to door to pay his way through school, found 

he had only one thin dime left, and he was hungry.

He decided he would ask for a meal at the next house. 

However, he lost his nerve when a lovely young woman

opened the door. Instead of a meal he asked for a drink

 of water.

Young woman thought he looked hungry so she brought him

a large glass of milk. He drank it slowly, and then asked, 

"How much do I owe you?"

"You don't owe me anything," she replied "Mother has taught

 us never to accept payment for a kindness." 

He said... "Then I thank you from my heart."

As Howard Kelly left that house, he not only felt; stronger 

physically, but his faith in God and mankind was strong also. 

He had been ready to give up and quit.

Years later that young woman became critically ill. 

The local doctors were baffled. They finally sent her to 

the big city, where they called in specialists to study her 

rare disease. Dr. Howard Kelly was called in for the consultation. 

When he heard the name of the town she came from, 

a strange light filled his eyes. Immediately he rose and 

went down the hall of the hospital to her room.

Dressed in his doctor's gown he went in to see her. 

He recognized her at once. He went back to the 

consultation room determined to do his best to save 

her life. From that day he gave special attention 

to the case.

After a long struggle, the battle was won. Dr. Howard Kelly 

requested the business office to pass the final bill to him 

for approval. He looked at it, and then wrote something 

on the edge and the bill was sent to her room.

She feared to open it, for she was sure it would take 

the rest of her life to pay for it all. Finally, she looked, 

and something caught; her attention on the side as 

she read these words.....

"Paid in full with one glass of milk" 

(Signed - Dr. Howard Kelly)

Tears of joy flooded her eyes as her happy heart prayed: 

"Thank You, GOD, that Your love has spread abroad 

through human hearts and hands."

Moral: When a flower blooms, its colour and scent 

first touch the garden near it, and then spread. 

In the same way, The acts of human kindness 

should first touch those nearest to him, 

his family and his neighbours.