Bella Vista Church of Christ
LIFELINES
January 30, 2002 Author Unknown
Old But Blooming
When Longfellow was well along in years, his head as white as snow, but his cheeks as red as a rose, an ardent admirer asked him how it was that he was able to keep so vigorous and write so beautifully.
Pointing to a blooming apple tree nearby, he replied, "That apple tree is very old, but I never saw prettier blossoms on it than those it now bears. The tree grows a little new wood every year, and I suppose it is out of that new wood that those blossoms come. Like the apple tree, I try to grow a little new wood every year."
We all ought to do what Longfellow did. We cannot head off the one great event that happens to all, but we can keep on "growing new wood," and in that way keep on blossoming to the end.
Author Unknown
