Animal Wisdom Speaks July - The Swan

July has arrived and this month Animal Wisdom Speaks is dedicated to the Swan who teaches us about our role as the Guardian of the Gates to our hearts. 

Gliding gently across the Sea of Emotions, Swan says, “Be gentle and compassionate, when going deep within and when touching the souls of other beings. Breathe calmness into your heart. Calm waters reflect your beauty, the light within your heart, a raging sea casts shadows and tears your world apart.”

As cygnets they are unassuming, brown and black. They radiate their beauty from within, but their surroundings are blind to it. In the fairy tale, a cygnet was adopted by a family of ducks. It was ridiculed and made fun of, because it did not look like they did. 

"Rebirth", white pastels, Kristin Raphaela Otti (2024, Carinthia)

The cygnet albeit stayed true to its heart and transformed into its beautiful adult swan self, never belittling those that had belittled it, but becoming a beacon of hope and resilience embracing others with love unconditional.  ​

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