11/27/2023
You are fiercely surrounded by a circle of love.
In the wild, there is an amazing social dynamic observed by scientists, described as an elephant circle, While males go off on their own after puberty, females form an all-female herd. And each and every female is integral.
They feel empathy, they trumpet to warn each other of impending danger, they organize and coordinate migration and nurturing of their young, And if a sister is ill, hurt, elderly or giving birth, her elephant sisters surround her.
They form a circle, standing shoulder to shoulder, and they create a protective wall against attackers. Then they kick up dirt and raise a ruckus to throw off any scents from predators, protecting their sisters and newborns.
They give hugs, make sympathetic clicking sounds to comfort distressed sisters, and as they do, they form a bond so deep that they grieve, and even cry for their loved ones, from birth till death.
And as Jen Hatmaker says,
"This is what we do, girls. When our sisters are vulnerable, when they are giving birth to new life, new ideas, ... when they are under attack, when they need their people to surround them so they can create, deliver, heal, recover...we get in formation. We close ranks and literally have each others' backs. You want to mess with our sis? Come through us first. Good luck. And when delivery comes, when new life makes its entrance, when healing finally begins, when the night has passed and our sister is ready to rise back up, we sound our trumpets because we saw it through together. We celebrate! We cheer! We raise our glasses and give thanks."
We never know if tomorrow we will be the one standing in the circle or the one in the middle. But because of our amazing sisterhood, we DO know that we are each protected, supported, and blanketed in unconditional love.
