Ever sit and watch bees? How industrious, swift and efficient they move and work? Everything they do is strictly for a "common goal" which is their production.
Honey production.
Maybe, the bees have "something" there. Maybe, we all should be more efficient and working for a common goal. Maybe, just maybe we should all be like "bees".
Whether it's something on a large scale as "global warming" or on a smaller scale like "weeding the garden" maybe, just maybe it would be swifter and more efficient if all work together for the "common goal".
Like for instance, bartering. People laugh and say that it's from another century and is not done in today's world. I for one think that's non-sense. What better way to get things done. What a better way to acquire needed or wanted things. If I have something you need and you have something I need, why not barter. Each one will be better for it. Hence, working for a common goal.
Most people think (me included) that they are an island needing no help just to prove something to themselves or others about their ability to survive and conquer. But as I age I come to find out that I am not only, NOT an island, but not even a chain of islands, I am totally and completely a "community project" on a huge continent.
Like for instance, bartering. People laugh and say that it's from another century and is not done in today's world. I for one think that's non-sense. What better way to get things done. What a better way to acquire needed or wanted things. If I have something you need and you have something I need, why not barter. Each one will be better for it. Hence, working for a common goal.
Most people think (me included) that they are an island needing no help just to prove something to themselves or others about their ability to survive and conquer. But as I age I come to find out that I am not only, NOT an island, but not even a chain of islands, I am totally and completely a "community project" on a huge continent.
Bees, growing in their cells, dependent on bigger bees until old enough to emerge. Then working fiercely in the hive until capable to go out into the world in search of nectar. Strong and confident the younger worker bees are, flying out scouting pollen from flowers, and nectar for honey, to support the common goal of the hive. Then one day they fly out never to return to the hive. Their life cycle. They've contributed their all for the common good. Same goes with humans. People, born into a huge world and totally dependent on others. Growing and becoming more and more independent as the years go by until one day they leave the house and scout out a life of their own. Strong and confident the young people are, running out scouting money from jobs and spouses for home. Until, one day, they realize that on the quest for immortality and lifestyle of being "independent" they neglected the "life" and neglected to see their "mortality" until it's too late. Sometimes being "independent" needs to be done together so as to not miss the "life" part.
Busy as bees. Together. Team work. Common goal. Sometimes can make anything you do become easier and quicker. Ideas shared by two or more become "brain storming" and great things can happen. Helping one another can be beneficial to all concerned. Trading this for that, or helping one another achieve or do something can be as rewarding or MORE rewarding than accomplishing it by yourself. Sometimes the reward for "Independence" is lonely. Who can you "high five" with? Who can you share your joy with? Who can do the "victory dance" with you. But the reward for "working together, dependent on one another" is team triumph. Tons of "high fives" and tons of "victory dancing".
So after much thought on the matter, I feel that the bee's way of life is best for them and maybe, just maybe, it's best for us too. Team work. Common goal. I've heard "It takes a village to raise a child" maybe, just maybe...."it takes a village to be a carbon being".
Busy as bees. Together. Team work. Common goal. Sometimes can make anything you do become easier and quicker. Ideas shared by two or more become "brain storming" and great things can happen. Helping one another can be beneficial to all concerned. Trading this for that, or helping one another achieve or do something can be as rewarding or MORE rewarding than accomplishing it by yourself. Sometimes the reward for "Independence" is lonely. Who can you "high five" with? Who can you share your joy with? Who can do the "victory dance" with you. But the reward for "working together, dependent on one another" is team triumph. Tons of "high fives" and tons of "victory dancing".
So after much thought on the matter, I feel that the bee's way of life is best for them and maybe, just maybe, it's best for us too. Team work. Common goal. I've heard "It takes a village to raise a child" maybe, just maybe...."it takes a village to be a carbon being".
Now back to the hive, I have to get busy as a bee. buzzzzzzzzzz.
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