Life Lessons:

 

When we lived in Colorado we often visited a wolf refuge that was about an hour's drive from us. They had a program where you could sponsor a wolf and they would keep you up to date on that wolf and what was happening. We chose to sponsor a wolf named Lucas because we liked the way he looked. Were we in for a life changing education! 

What we learned was that Lucas was one of the most unusual wolves at the refuge. Lucas was unique in the aspect that he was pack leader not by muscle, cunning or might but out of his capacity to love each wolf in his pack more than any other wolf could. He was pack leader because of this love and out of consensus's of the other wolves. 

When the pack leader gets old it is only natural that a younger male will challenge them for leadership. In Lucas' case not one of the young stronger wolves even attempted to do that because they could not match the love Lucas had for each of them. Lucas was pack leader until the day he died by choice of the other members of the pack. 

Just knowing Lucas taught me more than I could ever learn from a book, pod cast lecture or otherwise.  Just knowing Lucas was more of an education than I could get  anywhere else. When we would visit the refuge I would spend time watching Lucas and once I knew what to look for (wolf behavior is much different) it was plain to see how much Lucas loved his pack members. 

I could write for days and not fully capture all the attributes that Lucas had and how his pack members loved him back and totally respected him.