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This is the story of two friends- a boy and a girl.
One day girl asked the boy, “Can you do me a favor?”
“Sure. What is it?” Boy replied.
The girl looked at him and said, “I want you to perform four simple tasks for me.”
Now, Boy was curious to know those tasks and he said, “Well, Tell me. I’ll try my best.”
The girl continued, “You have to repeat the same task four times, but at different locations and whenever I ask you to do so.”
“What is the task?” Boy asked.
The girl answered, “To complete the task, you will require a bucket full of water. I’ll provide you a map, which will have a path that you need to follow. Once you reach the destination, you will see a tree. And the task will be complete when you water that tree.”
The boy was surprised. He accepted the task.
Next day, Girl gave a map to the boy. The map was very easy to understand but the path shown was very long and it was passing through a jungle. The boy had never been to that place before. The boy followed the path and reached the destination. He saw an ugly, bent and twisted tree. He watered the tree and came back.
After few months, Girl gave him another Map. Again, this map was easy to understand but the path was long and tedious. This map took him to another jungle. The boy followed the path and reached the tree. This time, the tree was covered with green buds and looked promising. Boy watered the tree, completed his second task and came back.
Few months passed, Girl gave him the third map. As usual, this map had a more complex path, which was passing through another jungle. The boy followed the path, He reached the destination. He looked at the third tree. It was laden with blossoms that smelled very good and looked very beautiful. He watered the tree and plucked some blossoms for the girl and came back.
For the fourth task, after few months, the girl gave him the last map. The boy followed the path in the jungle and reached the last tree. He was happy after looking at that tree. It was ripe and drooping with fruit, full of life and fulfillment. He watered the tree and ate few fruits. Fruits were very tasty, so plucked some more fruits for the girl and came back. He had completed all four tasks.
When boy met the girl, he offered her fruits and said, “I have completed all four tasks. I have got some fruits for you, from the same tree.”
The girl took a fruit. They started eating it, while eating girl asked, “Out of those four trees, which tree you liked most? What is your opinion about all those trees? ”
The boy said, “All four trees were very different from each other. First tree looked like it is almost dead and would not survive. I felt like watering it is not worth. The second tree looked like its growing and has good chances of surviving. The third tree looked very beautiful and had nice blossoms, some of them I gave you. The last tree, I liked most, had many fruits. I ate some of them. I relaxed for a while in its shade.”
The girl looked at the boy and said, “You are right. But all the maps that I gave you had only one destination, only paths were different. You did not see four different trees, you watered only one tree in four different seasons of its life.”
The boy was listening carefully. She continued, “You cannot judge anyone 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.”
The boy had one bad habit, which girl did not like. Girl preferred not to share certain talks with the boy. Whenever she tried to tell him anything, he always judged those things too quickly. The girl did not like this behavior of the boy. But on that day, Because of the girl, the boy learned one important lesson of life.
One day girl asked the boy, “Can you do me a favor?”
“Sure. What is it?” Boy replied.
The girl looked at him and said, “I want you to perform four simple tasks for me.”
Now, Boy was curious to know those tasks and he said, “Well, Tell me. I’ll try my best.”
The girl continued, “You have to repeat the same task four times, but at different locations and whenever I ask you to do so.”
“What is the task?” Boy asked.
The girl answered, “To complete the task, you will require a bucket full of water. I’ll provide you a map, which will have a path that you need to follow. Once you reach the destination, you will see a tree. And the task will be complete when you water that tree.”
The boy was surprised. He accepted the task.
Next day, Girl gave a map to the boy. The map was very easy to understand but the path shown was very long and it was passing through a jungle. The boy had never been to that place before. The boy followed the path and reached the destination. He saw an ugly, bent and twisted tree. He watered the tree and came back.
After few months, Girl gave him another Map. Again, this map was easy to understand but the path was long and tedious. This map took him to another jungle. The boy followed the path and reached the tree. This time, the tree was covered with green buds and looked promising. Boy watered the tree, completed his second task and came back.
Few months passed, Girl gave him the third map. As usual, this map had a more complex path, which was passing through another jungle. The boy followed the path, He reached the destination. He looked at the third tree. It was laden with blossoms that smelled very good and looked very beautiful. He watered the tree and plucked some blossoms for the girl and came back.
For the fourth task, after few months, the girl gave him the last map. The boy followed the path in the jungle and reached the last tree. He was happy after looking at that tree. It was ripe and drooping with fruit, full of life and fulfillment. He watered the tree and ate few fruits. Fruits were very tasty, so plucked some more fruits for the girl and came back. He had completed all four tasks.
When boy met the girl, he offered her fruits and said, “I have completed all four tasks. I have got some fruits for you, from the same tree.”
The girl took a fruit. They started eating it, while eating girl asked, “Out of those four trees, which tree you liked most? What is your opinion about all those trees? ”
The boy said, “All four trees were very different from each other. First tree looked like it is almost dead and would not survive. I felt like watering it is not worth. The second tree looked like its growing and has good chances of surviving. The third tree looked very beautiful and had nice blossoms, some of them I gave you. The last tree, I liked most, had many fruits. I ate some of them. I relaxed for a while in its shade.”
The girl looked at the boy and said, “You are right. But all the maps that I gave you had only one destination, only paths were different. You did not see four different trees, you watered only one tree in four different seasons of its life.”
The boy was listening carefully. She continued, “You cannot judge anyone 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.”
The boy had one bad habit, which girl did not like. Girl preferred not to share certain talks with the boy. Whenever she tried to tell him anything, he always judged those things too quickly. The girl did not like this behavior of the boy. But on that day, Because of the girl, the boy learned one important lesson of life.
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