(4) Swan Life Lessons #2: The First Step

Feb 6 2015

I woke up thinking of these instructions:

Tell everything. Begin post with “I just finished packing today…”

I just finished re-packing today. Today is Feb 6 2015. I moved to Hawaii on Jan 27th. I am no longer in a relationship. When I left the mainland I made sure my (then) boyfriend knew that I was looking for love, marriage and children. I understand that he is not ready for that. We will remain friends. I have until the 9th to stay with a friend of mine. On the 10th I will need a new place to live. Normally I would have stressed myself out looking for a place to live this whole time. But the Universe let me know that I am to wait for my new home to present itself to me. Oh wait..I have not explained everything yet. Let me start again. 

(1) Swan Life Lessons #1: You are NOT a Duck!

Remember the story of The Ugly Duckling? 

Many people misinterpret this story. Many think the story is about being ugly and magically becoming beautiful. Many try to apply this inappropriate logic to their lives. Hoping beyond hope, that they will one day transform into something better than they are. They miss the true point of this story. The most important part of this story is that the ugly duckling is not a duck. It is a swan that hatched from within a duck's nest. It wasn't ugly and then turned beautiful. It was always beautiful. It wasn't a duck who then turned into a swan. It was always a swan. It just needed to realize this. Once the little swan realized that it was literally a completely different bird, all its duck problems went away. It could be itself freely. It found that it wasn’t ugly after all. It was actually beautiful the whole time! The story is about finding who you really are.

That is the point of this Blog. It's to help you realize that you are already a Beautiful Swan. In order to do that, you must first understand that You Are Not A Duck!