could attribute personality to a tree. Until the needs for sustaining life already present and providing for growth have been met, it will not bear luscious fruit. What then is fruit? It is the overflow, the surplus, the excess life of the nourishment taken into the tree over and beyond that needed for life and growth. Fruit is simply excess life. Next time you hold an orange or an apple in your hand, you can say, “This is excess life which overflowed after the tree’s need for nourishment and growth