Patience Like fruit unripe on the tree of life, we are, waiting: Some salt through the roots in the earth, A drop of rain from the clouds in heaven And a ray of Light from the sun, The home of my soul Patience! When ripe He will relish a fruit so sweet! Salt through the roots is crystallization of the Ego, drop of rain from the clouds in heaven is the Grace through faith, and a ray of Light from the Sun is Knowledge (Metaphysical). Ripe and sweet fruits are higher states realized