Patience Is a Virtue: Lessons I Learned from a Mango Tree

Behind our house, there's a mango tree.

But it wasn't always a tree. It started as a tiny seed, planted in 2019 by my mother. Day after day, she watered it. Year after year, she showed up. For what? For nothing. At least, that's what it seemed. I used to think she was wasting her time. I used to laugh. But she didn't quit. She just knew it would grow.

And it did.

By 2023, it bore its first mangoes. Six, maybe seven small fruits. Not much, but enough to teach me a lesson I'll carry for life: th...