Today, August 12, 2026, is World Elephant Day. It brings to mind the ancient story of the blind men and the elephant. One touched its trunk and called it a snake. Another felt its ear and said it was a fan. Its leg was a tree, its side a wall and its tail a rope. Each man honestly described what he felt—but mistook one part for the whole. There were not many different elephants. There was one elephant—and several incomplete perspectives. How often do we do the same? W