Journey of the ICP honey bee Lesson 1 b

There is the traditional set up - the 'classic' of the American dream - that reaches beyond America - for many this involves doing what their parents did - or building a better life from their parents hard work.

We don't all have this ideal life pattern but it is something many are comfortable with aiming for - school then college then work then marriage and babies, the nice house, nice car, couple holidays a year grand children, comfortable retirement - then off to the great yonder... nothing wrong with that dream if that is what you want - but to get it you need to either have a well paying job or be organized enough to set up a business and keep it ticking over during tough times to get close to this ideal.

With that lifestyle also comes the pressure to "keep up with the Jones's" with flashes of wealth, style and other material signs of wealth - again if you like to show your wealth/status via jewelry, flash cars, and wild partying - well cool, good for you :-) BUT think you are a better than others because of the shiny objects ? well, that is a problem you might want to pay a therapist to sort out, once you are in a position of wealth you have the opportunity to improve life's of others and if you don't have that urge to help your fellow human's / earthlings you might not be as happy as you could be - read the story of King Midas

Increasingly in society their are other groups of people that have different family/community set ups I think only people with not enough to do have time to cast aspersions on how different people survive in society, as long as they aren't hostile and are contributing something positive to society, I think people should be left to get on with it - this includes religious groups, political groups and all emotive subjects like single parents, same sex marriages, or just people that prefer live as single people rather than a couple.

Also - there is never going to be a time when taxes aren't payable for something you don't agree with. Are you going to spend the rest of your life complaining and whining about how everyone has a better deal than you ? - an alternative is to accept there are things you don't like about others, always will be - and move on with your goal, your dream rather than bully.

I know some of these negative types, I try avoid them whenever possible now, as they upset me at the level of their hatred toward people less fortunate than themselves, the type that for YEARS complain that people on State benefits get a better deal - while they work their socks off 24/7 - maybe they have earned the right to complain and seethe, but what kind of life is that long term ?, it sounds like a very angry/bitter one to me, we live in a cilvilised society you can't start putting people back in the stocks!

- This is why there needs to be clearer cut options for people wanting to escape the "rat race" - so far many MLM companies proudly boast that 97% of people fail at the business of making money on-line (but their company is different) - I'm sorry - but this looks depressing - I think if a doctor told a man that there was a 97% chance he was going to have a baby - he'd be out buying diapers! - so we need to focus on success learning, from failures as we go, but not letting them drag us down or hold us back.

So there are some things to think about - home, money, community, culture - fitting it all together - avoiding violence, prejudiced, and general hatred towards our own kind -our bee might be reaching for a Utopian dream - but I think a key to success is vision (the dream) and focus (taking steps toward achieving that dream no matter how small or pointless they seem to people who judge to escape their own problems)- you can't have that focus if you are dragged down by negative feelings or people - justified or not

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