Bearing fruit takes time

I've been thinking a lot lately about the verses in John - "I am the vine, you are the branches". Thinking about how we have to remain in the vine to bear fruit. And how the fruits of the spirit take time to develop. But so often I pray for things, especially change in my own life, and I don't see immediate results! And I keep praying for a little while, and then I get frustrated with God because it doesn't look like things are going anywhere. But I need to remember that apple trees and pear trees and grapevines don't get planted one day and produce luscious fruit the next. It takes time, and careful watering, and fertilizing, and protection from the wind and hail, and pruning from the gardener. John also says that we must remain in him. He repeats that several times in the passage. We can't just jump ship and uproot ourselves because we aren't producing fruit fast enough. Perhaps sometimes it's a vanity issue? We want to produce lots of sweet, juicy fruit right away so people can come and say "wow! Look at that tree! God must be doing good stuff in them - look how well they are producing!" People don't tend to notice a tree that's just sitting there, in the process of putting forth buds, before the blossoms come out. The other cool thing that I need to remember as well is that each stage of the process is beautiful in its own right. The tree with blossoms is pretty, even though the fruit has not matured yet. And when the fruit is just ripening, that's neat too, to see how it grows and matures. Then the last stage is good as well, when the fully mature fruit is ripe and ready for eating.

John 15:1" I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. 2 He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes[a] so that it will be even more fruitful. 3 You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. 4 Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.
5 "I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. 6If anyone does not remain in me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned. 7If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you. 8This is to my Father's glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.