Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Thrive Where You are Planted

When you look at a fat, round and fuzzy bee, doesn't seem like an ideal design to take flight - or produce a sweet attractive nectar. The Wright Brothers did not design The Spirit of Saint Louis in the shape of a water balloon, after all. Using their logic, they designed the infrastructure of their wing like a bird's wing.

The bee has none of the aerodynamic traits of a bird. Yet, it still flies, and for relatively long distances, too. It builds a great life where it lands. Literally. Like on top of a building in downtown New Orleans - tens of thousands of bees made a home atop of a stone building. They found food in flower boxes and along the river, and made a sixteen foot wide home where now one expected a thriving colony.

No one has ever been promised that life would be a bowl of cherries. You may find yourself in a less-than-ideal situation. But there are always opportunities to make the best of it. You have the creativity to make good things happen.

Do you believe you can fly? Take a lesson from the honey bee and use the tools you were given to do great things, no matter the challenges that seem to be in your way.

http://www.theneworleansadvocate.com/news/13580331-123/sting-operation-beekeepers-go-after