Nature Knows

Geese encourage and protect their own, and those natural characteristics signal meaningful messages for us humans. I am guessing geese do not meet around the office water cooler for chats about their natural capabilities; nature knows that geese just go around doing what comes naturally, naturally.

As geese apparently do, stay with your groups of choice. When you share goals and wants with others who embrace similar goals and wants, it is probable you will see intentions manifest closely to what you had imagined. Yours and others’ goals could show up quicker and easier.

Message. When geese head south for wintering, they easily fly together in wedge shaped formations, which is why a group of geese in flight came to be called a V-wedge. As the front most waterfowl flaps to steer the wedge forward, the stirred air beneath its wings creates a buoyancy for the bird directly behind; flapping wings create a near weightlessness for the birds down either side of the wedge. Uplifts can streamline flights for all versus flapping alone outside the wedge. Make it easy on yourself, regarded reader, and fly with friendly geese.

If you happen to be performing leader-like functions in a group, you might be on top of everything, working hard to help others develop their potential; or, you might get tired, lackadaisical, you might dilly dally, and finally pass the position to someone else. All along, others probably spoke encouraging words, benefited from tasks delegated to them, and touched others in immeasurable, deep ways.

Message. When the lead goose gets tired, it rotates its position to another goose; no questions are asked, no analyzations are offered; no chats around the water cooler about who’s next. Geese speak the only way they know - they honk at each other. While wedged, the lower ranked geese honk from behind, encouraging the partners in front to maintain their speed and not to diddle around. Gentle reader, we assume honking is only for geese, but you have probably honked like a goose at someone in your life – lord, help ‘em, one and all. Some of our honks might have been good deeds, indeed.

Do you and I have the sense of a goose? Do we boost someone who is having a bad hair day, I mean, a bad feather day; or nurture someone whose feathers have been ruffled with some unpleasant news at the doctor’s office; or share empathetic moments with the family who lost one of its members in death?

Message. When a goose is ill, or has been wounded and falls out of the wedge, two geese follow the blighted bird to Earth, and do their best to protect their feathered partner from further harm. The two geese stay with the downed one until it is either able to fly, or has breathed its last. They then launch up into another passing wedge, which helps them catch up with their original group.

Nature knows its awesome creations, and applauds itself by way of us humans who have the awareness and hands to do so. Applaud to your heart’s content!

Our constant curiosity is key
to watching what’s being created.
~ David Moorhead