Neville tells his congregation that the doves nesting at his window hatched on Tuesday the 21st of March — the day after an unnamed woman's birthday and, as he notes, right on the first day of spring — and by this Friday's lecture the chicks are already four days old and growing fast. He describes deliberately resisting the urge to climb a ladder and check on the eggs while waiting, using his patience as a live illustration of his teaching to imagine the end, drop it, and rest in confidence without anxiously monitoring for results.