Welcome to Pursuit with Purpose.

I'm your host, Melissa Griffin, and I know firsthand that it's way too easy to slip into

the rat race of competition and comparison.

This podcast is all about meaning and fulfillment and how to bring it to your life today

and every day.

So let's get into it.

Hey there, Melissa Griffin here. So welcome back to the Pursuit with Purpose podcast. I am so excited to have you today. I have a topic that I'm actually

really stoked to talk about because a couple weeks ago, I took my boyfriend to this wellness and mindfulness

resort for his birthday. And I got so much out of the experience for myself as well. And one of the

things that I really loved the most was we did this beekeeping class where you put on the beekeeper

suit, you go to the beehives, and you learn about bees

for a few hours. It was really interesting. I've always had this affinity to bees. I actually

even have a tattoo of a bee on my arm, so there's that. And I've read that the name Melissa

means honeybee. So there's also that. So I felt felt this connection to bees and it was really powerful to

learn more about them because i've always admired that they are just so focused on community

on this end goal that they're creating together uh that they'll even go out of their way to sting

someone even though that kills them, to protect

this community. I just think that there's so much power and a lot of the things that bees do.

But let me tell you, my friend, that doesn't even scratch the surface. I thought I knew why bees

were amazing, but I barely even had any idea. So one thing that I want to share with you today that was something that I got out of this

class and that I thought was just such a beautiful and meaningful thing that we can apply

to our own lives is this.

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