Image by Lutz Krüger from Pixabay
As I write this, I'm sitting on a chair in my room looking at a mango tree within the compound from my window. The tree has got some leaves and flowers but currently, it has no fruits.
This same tree at some point in time and season of the year, bears lots of fruit, people go ahead and pick the fruits from it, as much as they can find. But that's not my reason of sharing this with you.
What baffles me currently is this; though the fruit is the main attraction of people to the tree and we term the tree as productive ONLY when it bears fruit, the tree goes ahead to shed its leaves, grow new ones and even new flowers from which probably fertilization takes place and fruits begin to form again.
Currently, this tree collects and utilizes sunlight, water, air and other necessary nutrients even though it isnt currently producing fruits which is it's main centre of attraction and benefits to human.
What if the tree stops for a while and thinks (like we humans do) and says to itself;
"All the air, sunlight, water and nutrients I'm collecting this period, are all good for nothing and no resulting fruits to show for it"; what do you think will happen to the tree?
But trees do not think that way because they know that there are times to bear fruits and have plenty of it in abundance and there are times there might be no fruits. Does that make them to give up, lose hope and die? Of course not.
Sometimes, I think because we are humans, with too much intelligence and thinking power, that makes us over think and over rationalize things and make big issues where there are none. Sometimes, we even end up having analysis paralysis.
Before you start to weigh yourself down with thoughts and so much analysis as to why things are currently going the way they are, know this;
There are times things might not go as you expect. The fact that there isn't any results currently doesn't mean that you are doing less work or that you are not productive.
It just might be a sign that you are gathering enough momentum for the right time of harvest and when that time comes, the results of all your work both then and now will be shown to many. Then you will truly appreciate all the efforts you put in even when it seemed like nothing was working.
Understand that the process might not go as planned and just might not even be enjoyable but at the end, your results will justify the process.