The ugly duckling grows into a beautiful swan. Familiar with it? Yeah, it’s engrained in us girls, isn’t it?
Just like fairytales, at some point in our childhood, we come across the fable of the ugly duckling turning into the beautiful swan. It’s the promise of transformation. But the swan promise can lie to us, causing us to stay in a limbo that denies our current situation. It’s akin to perfectionism. “When something is perfect, when something happens, then, we’ll be happy; life will be as it should be.”
But life is a process. Whether we admit it or not, we’re all in an awkward stage, a duckling of some sort. Does that take away from our beauty and value now, however? No. Here’s a secret; we can be both beautiful and awkward, the duckling and the swan!
Relax! You’re not ugly; you’re not hopeless. You’re in a season that will change. But appreciate the beauty of where and who you are now. There’s purpose to it.
“For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven.”
Ecclesiastes 3:1
For now, realize you’re both: awkward and beautiful. Celebrate just how special you are, being both! Your life will never be perfect, but it’s always valuable and beautiful. See those attributes, even while you’re feeling and acting awkward. The duckling never cancels the swan!
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