Inspirational stories by Michelle Grigsby
This is the story of the Sense of a Goose.
Next Autumn, when you see geese heading south for the winter, flying in a "V" formation,
you might consider what science has discovered as to why they fly that way.
As each bird flaps its wings, it creates an uplift for the bird immediately following.
By flying in a "V" formation, the whole flock adds at least 71 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
more quickly and easily, because they are travelling on the thrust of one another.
When a goose falls out of formation, it suddenly 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 in front.
If we have the sense of a goose, we will stay in formation with those people who are heading
the same way we are.
When the head goose gets tired, it rotates back in the wing and another goose flies point.
It is sensible to take turns doing demanding jobs, whether with people or with geese flying
south.
Geese honk from behind to encourage those up front to keep up their speed.
What message do we give when we honk from behind?
Finally - and this is important - when a goose gets sick or is wounded by gunshot, and falls
out of the formation, two other geese fall out with that goose and follow it down to
lend help and protection.
They stay with the fallen goose until it is able to fly or until it dies; and only then
do they launch out on their own, or with another formation to catch up with their own group.
If we have the sense of a goose, we will stand by each other like that.
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