Ivy

Have you ever see Ivy grow? When you see a house covered in Ivy you think to yourself, 'this must be the fasted growing plant on earth', yet, when you actually plant a couple of leaves you see how glacial the progress is. Ivy is growing exponentially. It takes a whole year for a leaf or two of Ivy to multiply to four. A year later you see eight, then a little patch and after a few more years the system just takes off and you have to limit it's expansion if you don't want to drown in Ivy.

Life is often an exponential process. When you build something, invest all your care and attention and even if the project doesn't take off, if it just stagnates, behind the scenes the wheels are turning. It is your love and care that provides the nutrition. The system is building the foundation to secure the expansion. So please be patient, in the famous race between the  tortoise and the hare, the tortoise often wins.