I like a good design.

Spiders are really good at design work.  So are bees.

Bees seem much busier on average…. than spiders.

The spider gets to work for a little while…. designs the web…. and then sits and waits.  But the bee is a buzzing, buzzing, buzzing… from first light of day… to the very dark of it.  Hive and honeycombs and pollinating, and such.

Now the Koala Bear, the Aardvark, and the Sloth… THEY are not so busy.  They don’t have much to show for it either.  Those three sleep around 20 hours each and every day.  Eating ants, chewing on bamboo…. nodding off.

On the other hand… Giraffes only sleep about 2 hours and Horses catch about 3 hours of sleep per day.  I don’t know if they design anything or not… but I have heard that giraffes are great knitters.

Today… I felt as busy as a bee.
And. Tonight… I hope I sleep like an aardvark.

Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?  — Mary Oliver