Life's problems/suffering and a lesson from an apple tree.
I came on a little gas as a plant hormone - Ethylene + wind. A stem holding a flower is very weak: for it to be able to hold a full grown, mature fruit it needs to be strong. It is the action of the wind on the fruit/stem, its tugging and pulling that makes the stem strong enough to hold the fruit. Could it be that if I had no troubles I would not be able to bear the fruit needed?
