前天到罗芙公园散步,WG忽然指着天空大叫:看!原来正好有一群大雁从我们上空飞过。我赶快按下快门,拍到这张人字形的大雁群。记得我还在教育学院念书时,我用过小学三年级的道德教育课本里一篇用大雁来教导小朋友合作精神的课文来做我的小报告。

14 Aug 09 @Roath Park, Cardiff
Lesson from GeeseFACT: As each goose flaps its wings, it creates an “uplift” for those following behind. By flying in a “V” formation, the whole flock can fly 70% greater range than if each one 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 travelling on the trust of one another.
FACT: When a goose falls out of formation, it suddenly feels the drag and resistance of flying alone. It quickly moves back into formation to take advantage of the lifting power of the bird flying in front.
LESSON: If you have as much sense as a goose, you stay in formation with those headed where we want to go. You are willing to accept their help and give your help to others.
FACT: When the leading goose gets tired, it rotates back into the formation, and another goose flies to replace the lead position.
LESSON: It pays to take turns doing the hard tasks and sharing leadership. As with geese, we are interdependent on each other’s skills, capabilities and unique arrangement of gifts, talents or resources.
FACT: The geese flying in formation HONK to encourage those up front to keep up their speed.
LESSON: We need to make sure our “HONKING” is encouraging. In groups where there is encouragement, the production is much greater. The power of encouragement is the quality of HONKING we seek.
FACT: When a goose gets sick or wounded, two fellow geese will drop out of formation, so as to help and protect it. They stay with the goose until it is able to fly again. Then, they launch out another formation or catch up with the flock.
LESSON: If WE have as much sense as geese, we will stand by each other in difficult times as well as when we are strong.