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A Fly or a Bee: Saint Paisios on What We Choose to See
What the video says
The video quotes Saint Paisios, who said each of us is either a fly or a bee. A fly in a beautiful garden ignores the flowers and lands on the one dirty thing, and if you ask what it saw, it only talks about the dirt. A bee in the same garden goes only to the flowers and finds the good even in the dirtiest place, making honey from it.
Key moments
- Saint Paisios said every person is either a fly or a bee.
- A fly in a garden full of flowers flies past all of them and lands on the one dirty thing it can find, and only reports the dirt.
- A bee in the same garden goes only to the flowers, finds good even in the dirtiest place, and makes honey from it.
- Some people see only the bad in others, while others always find the good.
- At work it is easy to notice only the lazy colleague or the boss who does not appreciate you.
- At home we see every mistake our partner, parents, or children make, and we judge the people we live with most because we stop seeing the good in them.
- When you notice something bad in someone close to you, stop, look for one good thing in them instead, and maybe tell them.
The video presents a saying of Saint Paisios, in which he compares every person to either a fly or a bee. A fly in a beautiful garden ignores the flowers and lands on the one dirty thing it can find. If you ask what it saw, it talks only about the dirt. A bee in the same garden goes only to the flowers, finds the good even in the dirtiest place, and makes honey from it.
The video applies this image to daily life. Some people see only the bad in others, while others always find the good. At work, it is easy to notice only the lazy colleague or the boss who does not appreciate you. At home, we see every mistake our partner, parents, or children make, and we judge the people we live with most because we stop seeing the good in them.
The video closes with a practical suggestion: when you notice something bad in someone close to you, stop, look for one good thing in that person instead, and maybe tell them what you found.
Main points
- Saint Paisios said every person is either a fly or a bee.
- A fly lands on the one dirty thing in a garden and reports only the dirt.
- A bee goes to the flowers and makes honey even from the dirtiest place.
- We judge the people we live with most because we stop seeing the good in them.
- When you notice something bad in someone close, look for one good thing and maybe tell them.