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Not All Birds Are Meant to Flock

Not All Birds Are Meant to Flock

December 16, 2025 7:58am

Not All Birds Flock: Finding Unity & Belonging Through GAUGE Not All Birds Are Meant to Flock A Teaching from Our Animal Family and Our Human Responsibility By Chris “Yellow Owl” Albaugh Birds of a feather flock together and yet, not all birds are meant to flock. In our culture, we often equate “community” with “sameness” and “solitude” with “failure.” We look at the great murmurations of starlings thousands moving as one fluid organism and we think, “That is what belonging looks like.” But if you look closer at the sky, you will see a different truth. Some winged things…

The Return to Soul: From Proving to Presence

The Return to Soul: From Proving to Presence

June 30, 2025 6:54am

The Return to Soul: From Proving to Presence Throughout the memories of my life, there was always a need to prove— To show others who I truly was beneath the masks, To earn love, belonging, and respect through my gifts, my grit, and my growth. There was a push—unrelenting at times—to demonstrate my worth. To be seen. To be understood. To be chosen. I remember seasons where I shined brighter, not because I was more whole, but because I was trying harder to be light in the face of my own internal darkness. I smiled when I was unraveling. I…

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