Lessons from Geese

I have not had much going recently...not much to crow about or fuss about either, imagine that!! I want a little break so badly. The weather has finally moderated some and I just have the urge to DO something! Anyway, I found this over on Cute's blog and thought it was kinda neat. Happy Days to you all!!



Lessons for life we can learn from Geese

Fact One: As each bird flaps its wings, it creates an up lift for the bird following it. By flying in a V-formation, the whole flock adds 71% greater flying range than if it flew alone.

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 trust of one another.

Fact Two: 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 bird immediately in front.

Lesson: If we have as much sense as geese, we will stay in formation with those who are headed where we want to go and be willing to accept their help, as well as give ours to others.

Fact Three: When the lead goose gets tired, it rotates back into the formation and another goose flies at the point position.

Lesson: It pays to take turns doing the hard tasks and sharing leadership. With people as with geese, we are interdependent on each other's skills and capabilities and unique alignments of gifts, talents and resources.

Fact Four: The geese in a formation honk from behind to encourage those in front to keep up their speed.

Lesson: We need to make sure our honking from behind is encouraging and not something else. In groups where there is great encouragement against great odds, the production is much greater - the power of encouragement. At the center of encouragement is "courage," and the root of courage is a Latin word that means, "heart." Maybe honking strengthens the heart.

Fact Five: When a goose gets sick, or wounded, or shot down, two geese drop out of formation and follow it down to help and protect it. They stay with it until it is either able to fly again or dies. Then they launch out on their own with another formation or catch up with the flock.

Lesson: If we have as much sense as geese, we too will stand by each other in difficult time as well as when we are strong.

THIS ONE IS FOR TOM... AND ANYBODY ELSE THAT NEEDS A GIGGLE!

Wow here I am being an absentee blogger again. It just seems sometimes like the only thing I have to blog about are things that bug me or maybe when I am feeling blue. I don't like to leave the impression that I'm some kind of harpy since I am actually a pretty pleasant, upbeat person most of the time! At least I think I am...I HOPE I am! lol The weather has modified some, the humidity is down so the 90* temps feel much more tolerable. It is, however, ragweed season and my nose does NOT like ragweed. I will be scratchy, snotty, sniffly, stuffy and just generally fuzzy in the head for a while now. Today is Cody and Sarah's 4th anniversary. Wow time flies. Things are fine with the 'in vitro' lil one...they changed the due date from Oct. 30 to Oct. 23 and said it's a big boy.

I have been in a romantic mood lately. I just seem to need some attention! lol Now I know that sounds pathetic. The mood around here is mostly more of a roommate thing tho. No touching, no hugs, no cards or notes or compliments or niceties. Just the occasional pat on the rear that means he's horny. The lack kinda builds up I guess and after awhile I just get pitiful and needy and weepy about it. I start to feel like my name should be Maytag! I feel like one of the fixtures, here to function but not really to notice or pay any attention to. I probably should be used to it after all these years, but I doubt I ever do. Actually I want it more now than I did in the earlier years. Maybe I was busy with the kids and work and stuff and so used to putting myself at the last of the line it never occurred to me. It does now. I need it and I want it and I don't have it. It SUX!!