Be Patient

Never cut a tree down in the wintertime. Never make a negative decision in the low time. Never make your most important decisions when you are in your worst moods. Wait. Be patient. The storm will pass. The spring will come.

Robert H. Schuller

An article from Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences has an article that helps answer “What Causes a Tree to Enter and Exit Dormancy? ” “Dormancy in trees is the time at which the tree is alive but not actively growing. It is during this time that the inner workings of a tree slow down and pause until conditions change to allow for productive growth… Dormancy begins with the shortening of days and the increased amount of time tree phytochromes remains inactive. Following this the tree begins to produce hormones that bring the trees main functions to a halt as it enters a waiting period.”

About the author

Robert H. Schuller (September 16, 1926 – April 2, 2015) was an American Christian televangelist, pastor, motivational speaker, and author. In his five decades of television, Schuller was principally known for the weekly Hour of Power television program, which he began hosting in 1970 until his retirement in 2006. His grandson, Bobby Schuller, carries on the Hour of Power now airing for over fifty years.[1] During his time as a minister, Schuller oversaw the construction of two churches in Garden Grove, CA. The first church built under his tenure was the Garden Grove Community Church chapel, which seated 500, and the second that he oversaw was the building of the much larger Crystal Cathedral, which has a seating capacity of 2,200.