Ever heard the saying if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and
acts like a duck guess what, It's a DUCK, even if it's a swan that
doesn't know any better. Yes we've all heard the story of the ugly
duckling who thought he was just an ugly dude until hey presto he
turns out to be a Swan and what a transformation, cause lets make no
bones about it, when this guy finally realizes what he really is his
whole attitude changes not just his physical form but his entire
perspective on life is now that of a Swan. That's right his whole
and I do mean Whole manner changes and his attitude is suddenly one
of Swan's which is all regal and dignified and nothing like a duck,
who as we all know from watching Donald and Daffy is anything but a
royal manner.

Now if you check the story properly you see that prior to this
transformation he was acting like what he thought he was and he
behaves in accordance with the crowd that he's hanging with, which
was a bunch of ducks (hope I'm not offending any ducks out there,
cause no offence is meant – seriously I'm just trying to make a
point) the point being that with the realization of who he really was
this swan knew he had to change up his whole game plan and he did
just that in order to take up his true position in life.

First things first though, he had the realization of self, a moment
of clarity and in that moment he adopted a correct attitude in line
with who he really was and just got on with acting like a swan
because by acting and thinking like a swan was the only way that he
could become a swan, now you may say well he was a swan so how else
was he supposed to act, well I could say that you are a God to quote
from a very famous book but you don't act like one so where's the
difference?

Before you can do you must be, and we can only be when we know what
we are and when you really know that you are unlimited potential just
waiting to show your true capabilities and that nothing within the
realms of time and space is impossible for you to achieve. So now the
question becomes not what can you do, but more what can't you do,
which is nothing.

You see that's about the only thing you can't do which is nothing,
you can loaf around all day and night and wait and wait which is
another way that you can live just not a very productive one, or you
can get up and take control of your life and take action, any kind of
action but you can never do nothing, what you think is nothing is
really just you wasting time which is the only thing you can make use
of so why not seize this day and the time you have now and do
something, preferably some positive action but do something today
which you like to do which is calculated to make you a little more of
a person than you were yesterday, it's the best thing you could ever
do for yourself.

Pick up that book if you promised to read it, take out that gym card
from your wallet and use the membership that your spending X amount
of pounds a month on, or renew your interest in that hobby that you
used to spend hours on before you allowed the everyday ups and downs
that we call life take a toll on your character, it's never too late
you know.

Life is an constant abundant energy that can be moulded into anything
that you really want it to be so go ahead and create your world and
place in your universe everything that you could possibly want or
imagine in it, then go about making that mental creation a physical
reality, it's no more than you deserve isn't it?

Carl Mason is a Mentor, Coach/Life Consultant and CEO of On Point
Solutions. A passionate and dedicated individual with a commitment to
promote the means by which you can live The Life of your Dreams and
BE the person who you WILL to be.