Adaptability and Resilience
If the rainy season starts when the saplings of planted crops are tiny, it may appear to be beneficial to the saplings. Farmers do not agree. They want the plantlets to send roots deep down in search of moisture. If the plantlets find plenty of moisture near the surface, they tend to grow shallow roots. This means that the plants grow into fragile shrubs or trees, vulnerable to storms and rain. If saplings experience dry weather early in their life, they send roots deep into the soil. As a result, they can withstand strong winds when they are grown. Dr. Phil McGraw, host of the talk show ‘Dr. Phil’, once said, "Everybody at some point is going to have adversity. I think if we don't learn from that, then it was just a penalty. But if you use it, then it becomes tuition." At meetings of Alcoholics Anonymous, participants recite the Serenity Prayer: "God grant me the courage to change what I can, the strength to accept what I can't, and the wisdom to know the dif...