# Hustle

> Know where you're going; Be where you are

**Published by:** [Existential Liturgies](https://paragraph.com/@existentialliturgies/)
**Published on:** 2025-06-22
**Categories:** poetry, existentialism, hustle, pause, honey, honeybee, bees, garden, lawn, clover
**URL:** https://paragraph.com/@existentialliturgies/hustle

## Content

We watched a honey bee bustle about on a clover with fervent ambition She was a young one Small She plunged her head so deep in the petals that the smallest of flowers almost swallowed her up Pulsing thorax, kicking legs, and periodically buzzing wings led me to think it was an especially delightful nectar deposit Worth it I walk through this yard every day Getting the kids to school Getting myself to work Picking up groceries Going on a walk Cutting the grass Garbage day There is a virility to the hustle My lungs feel bigger and my back feels straighter In a world of founders and vibe coders and startups and investors it feels good to be productive Accomplished But to watch this young bee delight in the nectars of her prize flower, I had to slow down I followed my one year old daughter around the yard listening to her say "wow" fifty thousand times in a row Every rock, stick, pebble and patch of dirt is a new galaxy to her I was thinking about goals and to-dos and budgets and timelines Half awake But then we saw this bee The first of the season--of life, for my daughter She crouched, hushed, and looked at me before turning her large eyes back to this spectacle of joy A hard day's work feels good. But what is it for? Know where you're going Be where you are A billion galaxies A single star

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