I am teaching a lesson to a group of 14 and 15 year old girls today about growing up and maturing. That's a hard thing to understand at that age, because while they want to be in control they aren't quite ready to take over completely. There is a good story in the lesson that I thought I would share with you. It has made me stop and think.
Elder James E. Talmage tells the story of a bee that flew into his office on a warm summer day. After buzzing through the room several times, the bee failed to find the partly opened window through which it had entered.
Elder Talmage understood some things that the bee could not. He knew that if the bee remained trapped in the room it would die. Hoping to free it, he stepped to the window and opened it wide. He tried to guide the bee out the window, but it would not be guided. He tried harder, but the bee became angry and even stung his hand.
The bee persisted in its wild flight and never found the window to its freedom. By the following day, it had died.
There are people in our lives that want to help and guide us in our search for freedom and self-reliance. Are we listening to their council and finding the way to true freedom, or are we too busy doing the things we want to do?
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