The Four Trees
A Motivational Moral Story
Once upon a time in a land not too far away, Four Trees started to grow on top of a small hill.
Three of the trees are very selfish, arrogant and proud trees always boasting how big and tall they will become, teasing each other how they will live forever.
The fourth tree is all happy and content, just to be a tree.
As time passes the three proud and selfish trees spend all their days growing as tall and impressive as they can, boasting each and everyday how wonderful they will be
The fourth tree listens but is all happy and content, just to be a tree.
Many years pass and the three trees all look impressive and have grown straight and tall, but they have grown ever more arrogant, selfish and proud, boasting and teasing constantly how they are better than the other and how surly they will now live forever.
The fourth tree isn’t the best looking or the tallest but is all happy and content, just to be a tree.
What happened next to the four trees
The woodcutter comes along and cuts the three proud, arrogant trees down to the ground. The first tree is made into the City Gates the second tree a Great Warship and the third tree into a Great Place of Worship.
Each of the three trees is proud and happy of their new position in society, boasting that they are better than the other and how they really will live forever.
The fourth tree is all happy and content, just to be a tree.
A great army comes to attack, the City Gates are destroyed, the great Warship is sunk in the harbour and the Great Place of Worship burnt to the ground.
Only the fourth tree survives growing on the hill all happy and content, just to be a tree.
The fourth tree knows that it can not live forever. That the day must come when the fourth tree will too pass away,
But not before it sets seed to Four little Trees growing on that hill, all Happy and Content, Just To Be a tree!
Moral of Story:
Greatness doesn’t come from standing above others, but from standing comfortably where we are, noticing what’s already here, and letting our presence add something good.
Author: Dhamma Tapasa
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Reading is my life Factor. I had Read several books , likewise all kinds of subjects. In Marathi, Hindi, Gujarati and English too. I like stories of Pinterest. Thanks for Informative and Knowledgeable stories.
Your most welcome and so glad you ha e enjoyed this Moral Story. Please check some of the other stories I believe you will enjoy them just as much
I have been reading and referring for past seven years. It has always given me immense knowledge of all subjects in my teaching career.
So glad you have found The Four Trees to be of benefit as a teaching tool. Kind regards
The Four Trees is motivated story. It teaches goodness:- Truth, Love, Respect to all etc. Thank to writer. God bless him.(Oum Ma Ni Pad Me Hum)🙏
🙏🙏🙏sadu sadu sadu
Interesting stories for little children with clear values.
Thank you for the kind words.
Very nice,I am a kindergarden teacher and love to tell stories to small kids and I liked your story
Thank you for your kind word I’m so glad you found these stories inspirational
Very interesting and teaches the difference
about proud arrogance and satisfaction
So glad you have enjoyed
This story is one of the beautiful and simple which created an impact in my thoughts .
Can i use your moral stories in my you tube videos, where i recite motivational , and spiritual and uplifting stories, please i will give you surely the credit for your wonderful stories and also i will attach the link of this blog in the description, and let people know about it?
Stay Blesssssed 🧡
Hello Richa
What a wonderful comment and yes I’m very happy for you to use my stories, you must give me a link! I’m so glad you have found them inspirational. I love writing them and as I do I feel I’ve already written them over many many life times. Please you must give me the link back to this page, so I might impact more people that would be wonderful.
Kind regards
Dhamma Tāpasā
Oh,Ok thank you so much, you are so kind. After uploading the stories i will share the link with you surely. I have just started this story telling channel, and i found your stories by God’s Grace. I am feeling so blessed right now . Iam very impressed with your stories , that I have narrated your stories to my family and my cousins.
Stay Blessed 🧡
I love this story! Would it be ok for me to share this online so other people are able to read it? I will of course provide links back to the original.
Of course please feel free, I just ask for a link back to the original.