When the Lord starts out to make an oak

tree,  he takes a hundred years to do it in,

but he can make a pumkin in ninety days.

More or less, education as well as life

itself is like that.  And as individuals, we

ourselves must choose whether we desire

to become an oak tree or a pumpkin.

              Sterling W. Sill

              The Best of Sterling W. Sill

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