The next time you see geese heading south for the winter, flying along in a V formation, you
might like to consider what science had discovered about why geese fly this way.
It has been learned that as each bird flaps its wings, it creates and uplift for the bird
immediately following. By flying in a V formation, the whole flock adds at least seventy-one
percent greater flying range than if each bird flew on its own.
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 uplift of one another.
When a goose falls out of formation, it immediately feels the drag and resistance of trying to
go it alone, and quickly gets back into formation to take advantage of the lifting power of the
bird immediately in front.
If we have as much sense as a goose, we will stay in formation with those who are headed
the same way we are going.
When the lead goose gets tired, it rotates back in the formation and another goose flies point.
It pays to take turns doing hard jobs. Geese honk from behind to encourage those up front to
keep up their speed. We too say something when we "honk from behind,"
Finally, when a goose gets sick or is wounded by gunshots and falls out, two geese fall out of
formation and follow it down to help and protect it. They stay with the ailing goose until it is
either able to fly or until it dies; then they launch out on their own or with another formation to
catch up with the group.
If we have the simple sense of a goose, we will stand by each other like that.
This was sent to me some time ago by my friend Arun in Dubai. I don't know it's origins and
so it is dedicated to Arun.
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