I love expressions and especially old ones! I was going through some old Persian expressions when I came across two which I really liked! Both of the expressions talk about trees which represent a person’s life!
The translation of the first one is:
The tree of laziness only bears hunger!
And the second one:
The more fruit a tree bears, the more humble it will become!
The first one doesn’t really need any explanation. The second one however, is a bit more complicated! The word for “humble” and “lowered” in Farsi (Persian) are the same. So think about it, the more fruit a tree has the heavier it gets and its branches start getting lower and lower till they hit the ground or at least get close to the ground. This expression is often used to signify that a wise person considers himself lower than others and respects others. The fool however, will not bear any fruit, and will never learn to be humble unless he decides to bear fruit! That is why it is said: “The more fruit a tree bears, the more humble it will become!”
Matthew 7:17-19
Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
John 15:4
Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.
