lessons in life (music christopher cross "sailing")
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Lessons In Lessons In LifeLife
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There was a man There was a man who had four who had four
sons. sons. He wanted his He wanted his
sons to learn not sons to learn not to judge things to judge things
too quickly. too quickly.
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So he sent the So he sent the sons each on a sons each on a
quest, in turn, to quest, in turn, to go and look go and look
at a “at a “PEAR TREEPEAR TREE”” that was a great that was a great distance away distance away
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The first son went in the The first son went in the
winterwinter
The second son in the The second son in the
springspring
The third son in The third son in summersummer
The youngest son in the The youngest son in the
fallfall
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When all four sons When all four sons had gone and come had gone and come
back,back, he called them he called them
together and asked together and asked each one to each one to
describe whatdescribe what they had seen they had seen
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The first son The first son said that the said that the tree was ugly, tree was ugly,
bent, and bent, and twisted. twisted.
Winter SeasonWinter Season
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The second son The second son saidsaid
no the tree was no the tree was covered with covered with
green buds and green buds and full of promise.full of promise.
Spring SeasonSpring Season
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The third son The third son disagreed;disagreed;
he said the tree was he said the tree was laden with blossoms laden with blossoms
that smelled that smelled so sweet and looked so so sweet and looked so
beautiful, it was the beautiful, it was the most graceful thing he most graceful thing he
had had ever seen. ever seen.
Summer SeasonSummer Season
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The youngest son The youngest son disagreed with all of disagreed with all of
them; he said the them; he said the tree was ripe and tree was ripe and
drooping with fruit, drooping with fruit, full of life and full of life and fulfillment. fulfillment.
Fall SeasonFall Season
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The Father then The Father then explained to his explained to his
sons that they were sons that they were all right, because all right, because
they had each seen they had each seen but only one season but only one season in the peach tree’s in the peach tree’s
lifelife
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He told his sons that you He told his sons that you cannot judge a tree, or a cannot judge a tree, or a
person, by only one season, person, by only one season, and that the essence of who and that the essence of who they are and the pleasure, they are and the pleasure,
joy, and love that come joy, and love that come from that life can only be from that life can only be
measured at the end, when measured at the end, when all the seasons are up all the seasons are up
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Moral in Moral in thethe
Journey to Journey to LifeLife
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Don’t let the Don’t let the pain of one pain of one
season destroy season destroy the joy of all the joy of all
the rest the rest
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Don’t judge life Don’t judge life by one difficult by one difficult
season season
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Persevere Persevere through the through the
difficult patches difficult patches and better times and better times are sure to come are sure to come
some time some time
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Aspire to Aspire to Inspire Before Inspire Before You Expire!You Expire!
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Live Simply Live Simply andandLove Love
Generously Generously
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Care DeeplyCare Deeply and and
Speak Kindly Speak Kindly
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Leave the RestLeave the Rest to God to God
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Happiness keeps You Happiness keeps You SweetSweet
Trials keep You Strong Trials keep You Strong
Sorrows keep You Sorrows keep You Human Human
Failures keep You Failures keep You HumbleHumble
Success keeps You Success keeps You GlowingGlowing
Cherish Life’s Cherish Life’s ExperiencesExperiences
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RememberRememberOnly God Keeps Only God Keeps
You GoingYou Going
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