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The final role of their lives is to go out foraging, because this is the most dangerous task of all, and older bees are expendable. Likely we only ever see ancient bees, sent out on risky missions to gather nectar for carbs and pollen for
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We discovered a bee on the top of our daughter’s car the day after Christmas. It was loaded with pollen and seemingly out of gas. After reading this I understand what was happening. My partner brought it some sugar water to give it energy and now I realize he helped the bee complete, possibly, their final mission. I can’t help but feel melancholy.
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“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
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“but when I told her they didn’t cost one penny and were very nutritious (I made that part up, but I’m sure it must be true), she ate them up. She packed them into her lunch pail this morning, and when I looked”
― Delicious!
― Delicious!
“When your children arrive, the best you can hope for is that they break open everything about you. Your mind floods with oxygen. Your heart becomes a room with wide-open windows. You laugh hard every day. You think about the future and read about global warming. You realize how nice it feels to care about someone else more than yourself. And gradually, through this heart-heavy openness and these fresh eyes, you start to see the world a little more.”
― Yes Please
― Yes Please
“You mean like you?” The old enmity had come roaring back, and she was no longer one of my bosses. She gave a shout of laughter. “Well, you’re right, it’s been a rotten time. I’ve been catering, which is just another way of saying that I’ve been in hell.” “That bad?” Richard took a bite”
― Delicious!
― Delicious!
“Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.”
― Letter to My Daughter
― Letter to My Daughter
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