The Trouble Tree

[Khushboo]

The Trouble Tree

The carpenter I hired to help me restore an old farmhouse had just finished a rough first day on the job. A flat tire made him lose an hour of work, his electric saw quit, and then his old pickup truck refused to start.

While I drove him home, he sat in stony silence. On arriving, he invited me in to meet his family. As we walked toward the front door, he paused briefly at a small tree, touching the tips of the branches with both hands. When opening the door he underwent an amazing transformation. His tanned face was wreathed in smiles and he hugged his two small children and gave his wife a kiss.

Afterward, he walked me to the car. We passed the tree and my curiosity got the better of me. I asked him about what I had seen him do earlier.

"Oh, that's my trouble tree," he replied. "I know I can't help having troubles on the job, but one thing is for sure, troubles don't belong in the house with my wife and children. So I just hang them up on the tree every night when I come home. Then in the morning I pick them up again."

"The funny thing is," he smiled, "when I come out in the morning to pick them up, there aren't nearly as many as I remember hanging up the night before."

Everybody needs a trouble tree..

[Rani_Pakistanii]

it has a great moral...
aksar hum apni pareshaniyon ko zindagi bana letey hain..aur yeh bhool jatey hain ke yeh zindagi ka hissa hain...
like this character in the story said that he keeps his troubles on the tree before getting into the house.. ta ke woh un pareshaniyon se gherwalon ko pareshan na ker sakey...
all of us need fight ourtrouble in good way..so they don't trouble others

[Khushboo]

Nice reply sis..but sometimes it's so hard to push back these pershaaniaN..especially when u have people who keep giving them too..

Jo pershaaniaN Allah ki taraf se aati heiN..oonka saamna karna mere liyeh ahsaan hai ..lekin jo kisi aur insaan ki di hoti heiN..oonka saamna karna mere liyeh zara mushkil hojaata hai