A retreat is not giving up. It is choosing to regroup. It is choosing to restore. It is choosing to strengthen yourself so that when you return, you aren't simply going back to the same life depleted and exhausted—you are returning with a little more clarity, a little more energy, and a little more of you.

To think of it another way, propolis is like the doormat to the hive. It protects the hive from pathogens, cleaning bees feet upon entry into the hive and deterring any unwanted microbe or bacteria getting in (to harm the bee babies).