If there’s something that will play havoc with your inner peace, anxiety has to be right up there near the top of the list.
I can attest to this since I suffer from night-time panic attacks, and social anxiety. It’s hard to be calm and peaceful when you’re anxious about something!
*** Hey, I said in my introduction that I am always LOOKING for Zen, not that I always HAVE it! Now you know I have some good reasons for looking. :-) ***
Don’t Worry, Bee Happy
So today I was outside enjoying the warm weather and sunshine, and watching the honeybees. Around our farm, the first flowers I see them working on in the spring are the blooms on the Leatherleaf Mahonia.
The blooms aren’t even entirely open yet, but the bees are still busy gathering what nectar they can.
So I Wonder…
While those bees are busily working, I wonder what they think.
Do they worry about not finding enough food?
Do they worry some bear or other creature will come along and steal their honey?
Do they worry they might get sick and die? Or that the queen might die and nobody will be left to provide the next generation for their hive?
In other words, are they anxious about anything?
Living in the Now
While I obviously can’t prove anything one way or another, I rather think that the bees are solidly in the NOW.
Unlike us humans, I doubt they are fixated on all the things they did wrong in the past...
- Oh, I should have visited more flowers today!
- Why didn’t I try flying a different direction today?
- I should have done this, or I should have done that!
And I kind of doubt that they spend their time worrying about what might happen in the future. Even though they are gathering materials for honey that will provide for their future, it seems unlikely they actually get anxious about whether or not they have everything they need.
Nope, it looks like they are just buzzing around and getting the job done. The weather is warm, there are blooms to be found and food to be gathered.
I think I could learn a thing or two from the honeybees!
They are living in the now.
They’ve got their Zen on.
