Sue Monk Kidd's The Secret Life Of Bees

Love makes people feel like they can do anything. If Sue Monk Kidd's book The Secret Life of Bees came to life, I would agree. Love is an essential part of one's life. We should be open to accepting love. To start with, we should be open to accepting love so we can forgive others. For example, when T. Ray shows up at the Boatwright sisters' house to get Lily, they fight. He shouts, “‘How dare you leave me!...Deborah, You’re not leaving me again.’” (Kidd 294). In his mind, T. Ray is yelling at Deborah when, in reality, he is yelling at Lily. Lily sees this and realizes how much pain he had to endure after the love of his life left him. She begins to realize her sympathy for him after seeing his pain, and after noticing her sympathy, she looks …show more content…
Lily will also become more open to love, and more love will spread everywhere in her life, creating more relationships and important bonds necessary for her. All of these aspects lead to feeling like a sense of belonging has been found. By being open to accepting the love, Lily feels more like she has found where she belongs. Finding a sense of belonging after accepting love is seen again when, in May’s suicide note, she says, “‘It’s my time to die, and it’s your time to live. Don’t mess it up’” (Kidd 210). This inspires June to say yes to Neil’s marriage proposal. She accepts her love for him. Doing so has been challenging for her because she is afraid of being hurt again. Nevertheless, now that she has overcome that, she will be with whom she belongs. Accepting love has brought her a sense of belonging to Neil, the person with whom she is meant to be. In sum, accepting love leads to finding a sense of belonging. Furthermore, we should be open to accepting love, to feel comfort and safety. Lily and August demonstrate this sentiment when they go out to the beehives, and the bees swarm around Lily. When this happens, she thinks, “Somebody had snapped off the panic switch, I let myself go

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