To Bee or Not To Bee

Summary

Category: Inspirational & Spirituality

To Bee or Not To Bee, written by John Penberthy, tells about the spiritual journey of a bee named Buzz in his search for God. Buzz is saturated with routine daily activities, collecting honey, improve and protect the nest  began to question the meaning of life that he lived, existence and the influence of God against himself. In his search,  He then met with Bert, a wise old bee. though not explicitly, Bert provide many answers above all the spiritual questions in the minds Buzz. But buzz is not always able to accept the sentences Bert. Bert attitude of calm in the face of imperfections in the colony it makes the Buzz  saturated again. Bert ways that are difficult to understand by Buzz while talking about life.

“Hold my breath? "  Buzz repeat, do not see any connection with the conversation.

"That's right, just hold your breath."

“Oke,” Buzz say, while she took a deep breath. glance he looked at Bert,  awaiting further instructions, but Bert turned and began to hum softly. Buzz dutifully continued to hold breath, wondering about what all of this. After a minute his face began to turn red, while Bert continued to hum.

After the death of Bert, Buzz knows that at some level everything will unfold as it should.

Finally, Buzz able to understand clearly what is the meaning of life and existence of God that he has been looking for.

Review

Many philosophical sentences which I think could make anyone who reads it to take a moment to reflect and understand its meaning.

“It is perfect to think that life is not perfect.”

“The mind is a great servant, but is a poor employer.”

“Happiness can not be pursued, but must be followed.”

“Life is a journey from I to we.”

And finally, we need to realize that our current circumstances and what we do today, no matter how boring it is, is a great gift from God that we should be grateful.