Sitting in my garden yesterday, I saw an amazing event. Something large and black seemed to have fallen in the pine tree that sits on the side of my garden near the fence. When I looked up, it was a very large black crow at least three times the size of most the birds I have seen around my yard, landing on the canopy of the tree.

Upon landing, the crow was immediately harassed and attacked by about a dozen other birds, perhaps more. The group of birds worked together as one as they screamed and circled the crow, forcing her from one tree to another until they were at the end of my street where I could no longer view the spectacle.

For some reason, the crow was deemed a threat and the birds worked together quite effectively to remove the threat. It’s amazing to see how animals work together to achieve goals. It seems as though they never give up and push on with great vigor and energy.

I compare those traits to my fellow humans and I easily see how most men never exude such determination and will, but surrender at the slightest obstacle or face of opposition.

Only a few. Only a few act such as the birds do, and push on no matter what — working together with other warriors in concert and unison to achieve seemingly insurmountable aims.