bees and ants
i’ve learned today that bees and ants can somehow feel when the end is near. this in itself is already remarkable. but the really astonishing thing is that they, knowing they are going to die, start working even harder than they already have. it might be just an instinct that mother nature has hardwired into them but to me it feels like they are trying to make their remaining time as meaningful as possible, giving something back, assuring that those who will have to go on might have it a little easier.
this humbles me and it makes me think “what would i do?”.