Years ago a Persian king wanted to discourage his sons from making rash judgments. He sent the oldest son on a winter journey to see a mango tree. Spring came and the second oldest went on the same trip. Summer followed and the third son went. When the youngest boy returned from his autumn visit, the king called them together to describe the tree.
The first said, “It looks like a burnt old stump.” The second described it as lovely and green; the third declared its blossoms as beautiful as the rose. The fourth said all were wrong. “Its fruit is like a pear.”
“Each is right,” the king said. “You just saw the same tree in a different season.”
Before you evaluate other people, make sure you have seen them in all their seasons. No one is always anything. [click to continue…]
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