newest addition

I arrived home tonight from our Labor Day Weekend away to find this precious little one-inch fellow awaiting me in the mail. A surprise gift from a friend and, now, the most recent addition to my beloved penguin colony. Accompanying him was a small informational card, which I've reproduced below for your edification and enjoyment.

Handmade Penguin Stone Sculpture
Interesting Totem Spirit Traditions

Penguins search for and encounter Love, and embrace its responsibilities. Penguins completely inhabit the spirit of mutual respect between mates and children, as well as respect for others. Penguins, within Family and Colony, give of themselves completely.

People with this Totem take care of their appearance, are social, and feel at ease in many types of different situations. Penguin people have courage. Their confidence and grace can bring them leadership opportunities. Their natural comfort in different, and sometimes difficult, environments promises success.

The Penguin teaches us to have grace in our actions and emotions. While on land, the Penguins appear formal and upright. They waddle with determination and focus. While in the water, their movements are fast, graceful and fluid. When they finish swimming they shoot high out of the water and land solidly on their feet. They are steady in a slippery world.

Penguins urge us to connect with our own inner rhythm, honor the earth, our body and mind, and move with determination or agility depending on the circumstances. Penguins have clarity and teach us determination, courage, and balance in all things.