美文阅读:一个人的冬春夏秋

There was a man who had four sons.有一个男人，他有四个儿子He wanted his sons to learn他想要教自己的儿子一件事to not judge things too quickly.即，对事物不要太快下结论So he sent them each on a quest,于是，他给每个儿子都分配了一项任务in turn,让他们轮流to go and look at a pear tree去照看一棵梨树that was a great distance away.这棵树长在很远的地方The first son went in the winter,第一个儿子是冬天去的the second in the spring,第二个儿子春天the third in summer,三儿子夏天and the youngest son in the fall.最小的儿子是秋天去的When they had all gone and come back,当他们四人都去过并完成任务后he called them together他将他们叫到一起to describe what they had seen.请他们描述一下自己见到的东西The first son said第一个儿子说that the tree was ugly, bent, and twisted.那棵树十分丑陋，佝偻，扭曲The second son said第二个儿子说no – it was covered with green buds不，那棵树长满了绿芽and full of promise.生机盎然The third son disagreed ,第三个儿子也不同意he said他说it was laden with blossoms树上开满了花朵that smelled so sweet那些花闻起来十分香甜and looked so beautiful,看上去也非常美丽it was the most graceful thing he had ever seen.这是他见过的最美好的事物The last son disagreed with all of them;第四个儿子说的与前三人都不同he said it was ripe他说这棵树丰收了and drooping with fruit,果实累累full of life and fulfilment.充满了生命力，十分充盈The man then explained to his sons男人这时对儿子们解释道that they were all right,他们说得都对because因为they had each seen but one season in the tree"s life.他们每人都只看到了树的一生中一个季节的模样He told them他告诉他们that you cannot judge a tree,你们不要对一棵树or a person,一个人by only one season,一个季节里的模样评价他and that the essence of who they are他们内在的本质– and the pleasure, joy, and love他们内心的欢乐，欣喜和爱that come from that life都是源自于完整的生活can only be measured at the end,只能到最后才能丈量出来when all the seasons are up.当你历经四季的时候If you give up when it"s winter,如果你在冬天就放弃了you will miss the promise of your spring,你就会错过春天见给予你的希望the beauty of your summer,夏天将见证的美丽fulfilment of your fall.秋天的收获Don"t judge a life by one difficult season.不要仅凭一个困难时节里的处境去评价一个人Don"t let the pain of one season不要让一个季节里的苦痛destroy the joy of all the rest.毁了所有其他季节里的欢乐