Chapter 5 - Unforseen Fruits

At the beginning of this chapter he tells a story about going for a run along the riverbank in Texas. On his run he passes a man shaking a tree and wonders what he is doing. He asked the man and he said, "It's a pecan tree,"If I shake it enough, the nuts will come down. I can't know exactly when they'll fall or how many. But the more I shake it, the more I'll get." Remebering this story, he decides that it represents a methaphor for social invovlement. We must strive forward regardless of the partial outcome or lack of immediate results. A civil rights activists says "You have to begin with small groups," but you reach the people who matter and they will reach others."