Terrace Talk

Notes for September

The Magic of August

Did you know that Bumblebees should not be able to fly?
Some time ago, many entomologists believed that these bees
were aerodynamically incapable of taking off. Well, of course,
they are too big, they weigh too much, and their wings are far
too small.

Yet, they do fly. What the bug experts did not realize was that
the shape of their wings and their great speed produced a
significant upward force that overcame all obstacles in their
path. Maybe the bees were not aware that they couldn’t fly. Or
maybe they just rose to the occasion and flew in spite of all the
negatives of aerodynamics.

Possibly our own lives at Saint Anne’s Terrace are like the
bees. We often rise to the occasion and do the impossible. Do
you think we do better because we don’t know it couldn’t be
done? Or is it our depth of resilience, our ability to adapt, or
even our capacity to live life in the positive?

-Tom Deimler