The Three Trees (Retold)

The Three trees (Retold)

A long long time ago, in a land far far away, there were three very ambitious trees on a hill in the woods. The 1^st tree had a dream that one day it would be made to become a treasure chest, one that holds valuable jewels, gold and rubies. The 2^nd tree’s dream was to become a huge ship that would be able to carry Kings and queens across the waters and sail to the corners of the world. The 3rd tree’s dream was to grow into the tallest and straightest tree in the forest. So that people from far and near would be able to recognize the hill and thus he would be able to represent the hill.

We all have dreams and we work extensively hard every day to achieve them. Similar to us, the three trees word hard day and night toward their dreams.

After a few years of praying, working and striving toward their dreams, a group of woodsmen entered the woods. As they approached the 1^st tree, he looked at tit bark and said: ’This looks like a strong tree. I think I should be able to sell it to the carpenter.’ The 1^st tree was happy about it as they started to chop him down because he thought that he’s dreams would soon be fulfilled. As they approached the 2^nd tree, they agreed that the bark of the second tree was strong and suitable to be sold to the shipyard. The 2^nd tree was happy because he thought he could be made into a strong ship. As they approached the 3^rd tree, the 3^rd tree prayed that they would not chop it down but sadly, he got chopped down as well.

When the first tree arrived at the carpenters, he was made into a feed box for animals. He was then placed in a barn and filled with hay. This was not at all what he had wished for. The second tree was cut and made into a small boat. His dreams of being a mighty ship and carrying kings had come to an end. As for the third tree, he was cut into large pieces and left alone in the dark.

Years passed, the determination and believe in the trees began to slowly fade away.

Then during one stormy night, a pregnant woman entered the barn and gave birth to a baby. She placed the baby on the hay in the feed box that was made by the 1^st tree. As this was where the baby was born, the woman requested for that feed box to be made into a crib for the baby. The tree could feel the importance of this event and knew that it had held the greatest treasure of all time, a life.

Years later a ship was caught in a huge storm and was beginning to sink. The crew lowered the escape boats in order to escape the sinking ship. The second tree was made into one of the many boats. As the storm was huge, it was afraid that it could not keep the men safe. Within the huge storm one of the men stood and shouted out toward the heavens “God, please guide us pass this storm” and a miracle happened, the storm began to slow down and finally stopped. At this time, the tree knew that it had carried the King of Kings in its boat.

Finally one day, someone used the bark of the third tree and built a flag pole on the very top of the hill where it stood high up where people far and near would recognize the hill by the flag pole.

  When things don’t seem to be going your way, always know that as long as you have the determination, believe, and faith, things will somehow or another turn out just fine. We don’t know what God has planned for us. We don’t know what our future holds. We don’t know if what we do is great. But there is one thing we must know; we have to try our best in striving for our goals. Each of the trees got what exactly they wanted, just not how they had imagined. When one door closes, another door opens, we are often too focused and brought down by the 1^st door slamming in our faces that we fail to see the 2^nd door of opportunity opening for us.

Throughout our life, we will face countless amounts of doors closing in our faces. The next time you face a closed door, remember this short story, don’t be too sad, don’t be discouraged, instead open your eyes and look out for that new door of opportunity opening for you!