“Birds of a feather flock together.”
What does it mean?
Have you ever seen a pigeon hanging out with penguins?
Have you ever seen an eagle relaxing with vultures.
Have you ever seen a crow building a nest with a sparrow?
You haven’t.
Because birds only flock with / gather with other birds who are like them.
And it’s the same with humans.
Community
Hello from Bansko Nomad Fest!
Guess who I’m hanging out with this week?
People who like to travel and do things differently.
They work differently, they think differently, they even dress differently.
This is my flock!
So how does this relate to your English?
Community is the second pillar of Village Theory.
How do you feel when you are in a community?
When you’re with your flock?
Answer that and I’ll connect it with English tomorrow.
You are right. My second school (gymnasium) generation meets regularly for years. Last y few years once in a year. And we always communicate as if we were together every day, like in old gymnasium time. These are very relaxing gatherings.
All things are easier in your community your flock.
In the human society nobody wants to be an pigeon, everybody wants to be eagle and someone become vulture.
I think is better community to identify our target of relations, but I think that behind this concept there is a lot, for example who is the ideal partner? can italian and american became a family, or partner fro eternity? I think yes, it’s possible that person different in age, background, interest, can make a great relation. not the same for work, because more people don’t understand the power of smartwork, to be nomad. I think it’s very important to have the power to decide when meet people and when are lonely. so ocean or mountain, a place in the nature or big city, what is very important is the person near you, first in love, because home is where is heart. I have a question: when we leave from place we are leaving the place or are going to meet other situation?
I love to be where i can feel me freedom
I admire the metaphor of community and the flock!
When a flock sets out on a long, challenging flight, it chooses the most capable birds to lead the whole flock in the right direction… This gives the flock strength and the opportunity to survive and grow… It’s the same with learning English. It’s a long, challenging flight, but with good leaders and a supportive community, the English-speaking flock succeeds in reaching far…
I said the second pillar was communication. I was close. At least the same root word.
We have the same expression. If I translate literaly it would be like this:
“Every bird flies to its own flock”
The meaning is same.
Welcome in my country.🙂