the art of beekeeping
POP THE CHAMPAGNE! I FOUND THE QUEEN!!! Friends, for three weeks I thought I had a Queen-less hive. I watched the workers prepare a supersedure cell (apparently for practice or a warning shot to the Queen to step up her game) and I was filled with stress because I couldn't locate new eggs. It is a big deal because without a Queen, there is no direction. The hive can swarm, and you can forget about honey! And there would be nobody to set the tone for the hive! Oh yes, even the temperament of the hive can be determined by the Queen. Then yesterday...just like that, there she was. In all her glory. It was amazing to watch. Later, in the house I went back thru the last three hive check photos...the ones I looked at hundreds of times to try to find her. And what do you know...she was there all along. I just couldn't see what was literally right in front of me because I was too consumed with fear and frustration instead of trusting the process fully. A great reminder that EVERY process requires 100% faith, zero room for even the slightest doubt.
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The Queen was there, she was literally wherever she was.
Friends...your leaders are there; they are wherever they are now. The money is there; it's wherever it is now. The people are there, the opportunities are there, the happiness is there, the resolution is there...it is all just wherever it is now. Let go of the doubt and frustration and maybe you'll finally see it.
