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How to tell the difference between patience and denial

I planted a fruit tree three years ago and it still hasn't produced anything and I'm starting to wonder if I'm just bad at waiting or if something is actually wrong.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The long timescales of natural growth challenge our ability to distinguish between appropriate waiting and wasted effort.

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