Prevention in family services : approaches to family wellness / edited by David R. Mace.
- Date:
- [1983], ©1983
Licence: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Credit: Prevention in family services : approaches to family wellness / edited by David R. Mace. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![[216] FA MIL Y WELLNESS THRO UGH ED UCA TION z-ztudy to do z-zomething az-z natural az-z work! I do take it, though, from what you z-zay, that work iz-z one of the most important thingz-z in your world, az-z it iz-z in mine. We have a philoz-zopher-z-zien- tiz-zt, Z-Zigmund z-zomebody-or-other (for z-zome rez-zon I find his first name much eaz-zier to remember than hiz-z last) who conz- zidered happinez-z and competenz-z in work and love the two most important thingz-z in a beez-z' life. I must z-zay I've never found a bee who diz-zagreed with him. Iz-z finding and keeping love—having a loving family life—a key to making life worthwhile in your world too? Oh, it certainly is! said Billy. I guess I care about that a whole lot more than I care about learning to work well! How iz-z it, then, said the bee, the bottom of his antennae drawn together on his forehead in a puzzled frown, that I heard you mention reading, writing, and arithmetic—whatever that might be—but I didn't hear you z-zay anything about learning how to be caring and loving toward your family or, for that matter, your friendz-z and fellow workerz-z? Are people like we bees are when it comes to love? Our mother, the queen, knowz-z exactly how to behave to make uz-z feel happy and loved. And we know from birth exactly what to do for her to show her how much we love and care about her. Iz-z it that way with you too—inz-ztinctive? Or did your mother, and will you, have to learn to show your care and your love? Iz-z that z-zomething that you alz-zo z-ztudy for many. ... ? At that moment the bee jumped fully five feet up in the air and then headed straight away toward the distant trees. In just a couple of seconds he was but a speck, and in another he had completely disap¬ peared from the boy's view. The boy had by then jumped to his feet and was rubbing his eyes. The book had tumbled to the grass. The cause of all the alarm was a shriek that came from a woman shaking a broom at Billy from the back porch of the boy's house: You lazy good-for-nothing boy, wasting such a beautiful summer day! she said shaking the broom at him. Get over here this instant or I'll give you a lesson you won't soon forget! I'm coming. Mom! said Billy. As Billy started for the porch, he wondered if the bee would ever come back to hear the answer to the question he was asking. Then he thought that probably the bee had already gotten the answer. Knowing how to love children, parents, and fellow humans is unfortu¬ nately not instinctive for humans. Even the once unquestioned inter-](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b18037604_0219.JP2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
