To say that someone is as busy as a bee means that person is the active type, and by extension that person could also be productive and efficient.
Such a person could also be highly sought after at the workplace so that the person can get things moving and going and also could be an inspiration for others.
Today as we celebrate the memorial of St. Martha, we would usually remember her as in the gospel account.
She took the initiative to welcome Jesus into her home and she began to be busy with the serving.
But just as busy people don't like to be doing nothing, they may also not like to see people doing nothing, and hence she complained to Jesus about her sister Mary who sat the Lord's feet and listened to Him speaking.
Jesus responded by saying that she worry and fret about so many things, but few are needed, indeed only one.
Jesus went on to say it was Mary who had chosen the better part and it was not to be taken from her.
Martha would have stopped in her tracks and pondered about what Jesus said, especially about that "few are needed, indeed only one".
For St. Martha, her one important moment in the gospel was when at the death of Lazarus, she proclaimed her belief in Christ as the Resurrection and the Life.
In our busyness, our worrying and fretting about so many things, may we also find time to think about the few things that are important in life.
May we also come to acknowledge Jesus as our Life and may we rise to live out the important things of life.