Lesson: People who share a common direction and sense of community can get where they are going quicker and easier because they are traveling on the thrust of one another.
2. Whenever a goose falls out of formation, it suddenly feels the drag and resistance of trying to fly alone, and quickly gets back into formation to take advantage of the "lifting power" of the birds immediately in front.
Lesson: If we have as much sense as a goose, we will join in formations with those who are headed where we want to go and they will give us "uplift".
3. When the lead goose gets tired, it rotates back into formation and another goose flies at the point position.
Lesson: If we have much sense as a goose, we would take turns doing the hard tasks, and sharing leadership ... with people, as with geese, interdependent with each other.
4. The geese in formation honk from behind to encourage whose up front to keep up their speed.
Lesson: We need to make sure our honking form behind is encouraging ... not something less helpful.
5. When a goose gets sick or wounded or shot down, two geese drop out of formation and follow their fellow member down to help and provide protection. They stay with this member of the flock until he or she is either about to fly again or dies. Then they launch out on their own, with another formation or to catch up with their own flock.
Lesson: If we have as much sense as the geese, we'll stand by each other like that.
Written by Milton Olson
3 comments to Lessons from the Geese
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Unknown Dear Little Corgi
Aha!! I can see you got excited at the sight of the wild geese flying so beautifully. Me thinks you want to chase them along a beautiful beach while racing with the sunset :-).
Thanks for a brilliant comment. We cannot lose focus now. But PR must also shape up lest it loses more ground support. Certainly, time is running out!
Take care and thanks dear Little Corgi for your warm response!
Woof! Woof!
Have a lovely evening.
Cheers
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Anonymous That's their way of iife as per creation ! Whereas we human tends to be sub-human sometime. Instead of helping each other, we tear each other apart as seen in the many civil wars around the world today.
In Malaysia alone, the race relationship is rearing its ugly head after decades of wrong indoctrination by groups of people who wanted to be a superior race in society and at political level. They must have thought that God created this nation exclusively for them when their forefathers landed on this shore some decades ago.
If only we are willing to learn to live with each other, the world out there is so beautiful if only we see it with our inner eyes and enjoy the splendid scenes all around us. Enjoy those moments while we still can and be a faihtful citizen by not by a part of those who contributed in destroying the environment.
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HotDogg Wow!!
What a powerful and timely reminder!
GE13 is our battle ground. It is time to rally behind Pakatan Rakyat. Our leaders have chosen the direction to fly and we must now follow in "V" formation and give them our full and undivided support and encouragement!! Honk! Honk!!
WE WANT CHANGE! WE WANT PAKATAN!
WE WANT CHANGE! WE WANT PAKATAN!
WE WANT CHANGE! WE WANT PAKATAN!
Thank you geese. Honk! Honk!