The Winds of Change for a Bumble Bee

Change is weird. We know it's going to happen. We can even anticipate some things, and yet we still don't want some things to happen. We will try to avoid, run, or even try to change the change. We don't want children to grow up, we don't want jobs to become boring, we don't want friends to leave, but we all know it will happen.  As a famous character off of Monster Inc. once said the "Winds of Change" always come. Little Bumble Bees do try to go with the flow of these Winds of Change. We like to fly along with the winds, it's easier to fly with the wind instead of going against it. It's not always easy, but little Bumble Bees know that it's better in the end to just go with the change.

When people avoid change it can be like trying to fight the current of a river. You will stroke and stroke, but will soon be too tired and will go with the flow. Now image picking up one of those blow up rafts from Wal-Mart and floating down the river with a nice glass of lemonade in your hand. Life does seem so much easier when you don't fight the inevitable, but instead looking forward to the change of pace. Changing pace can be both good and bad. Sometimes when your pace is too slow your goals and aspirations will slowly disappear. Other times when your pace is too fast you will soon be worn raged and unable to enjoy the journey ahead. Now the pace of a little Bumble Bee is very different than that of other insects.

A faster pace does not mean that one insect is better than another. Nor does a slower pace mean that that insect is lazier than others. The story of the tortoise and a hare is a perfect example of this. The tortoise took it slow, he made sure that the race was done at his very best ability as his own pace. The hare started off fast and took many breaks. He may not have finished first, but at least he finished the race. The koala didn't even participate in the race. Sometimes it's not about avoiding the change, but accepting the change with grace and at your own pace.

Accept change in any form it comes in. That means be flexible when need be, take what people throw at you and throw it right back. If people started to accept some of the things that come at them perhaps people would be able to some of the change with a little more grace. When someone starts to accept change with grace, other things can then be accepted, the list is endless when it comes to things that will open your mind once you accept change. So let's try. Accept change, accept others, and try to live your life gracefully.