THE HONEY BEE CULTURE
Ignore the Thorns, Extract the Nectar
IT is the honey bee’s culture to travel every day and reach places where flowers are available for it. The bee extracts nectar from the flower and returns to its abode. It does not care about anything else.
Where there are flowers, there are also other things like thorns; but the honey bee simply ignores the presence of thorns and does not waste its time complaining about them. It simply extracts the nectar from the flower and returns.
This behaviour of the honey bee is a symbolic lesson to man—'Live like a honey bee'. Extract what is good for you and leave what is unwanted. Do not waste your time in complaints and protests.
Where there are flowers, there are also other things like thorns; but the honey bee simply ignores the presence of thorns and does not waste its time complaining.
People are generally offended upon hearing criticism against them. This behaviour is quite against the scheme of nature. In doing so, they pay a heavy price. They deprive themselves of the ‘nectar’ that is available for them in everything and every experience—i.e. a good lesson, wisdom and sound advice. Every person’s environment has this ‘nectar’. Man should develop the ability to take the ‘nectar’ and ignore what is not ‘nectar’.
Living with a focussed mind is very important for every man and woman. Only a focussed mind is a developed mind. When you get offended or provoked, it means you have allowed another person to disrupt your focus and break your concentration.
According to the Creation Plan of God, every human being is like a flower. Everyone has a content of ‘nectar’ or a good experience to share. The only condition to extract this universal nectar is that when you meet someone, you should neither be offended nor provoked. You should adopt the culture of the honey bee. It is only this learning process that will make a successful personality.