A "Black Swan Event" is when the unexpected occurs, causing a huge mindshift and change in how the world works. People never imagined that Black Swans existed, until the discovery of the first Black Swan... (as per book "The Black Swan", by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, 2007, that sold over 3 million copies)

Is a perception change the next Black Swan Event? Consider that by changing perception we might change the world. Look at everyday things from different angles. Find beauty in the unexpected...
Change our thinking, change our actions, change our world!

See that all people are part of God's puzzle and have something to give. Black swans do exist. The ugly duckling was actually a swan who needed to discover himself and where he fitted and be who he was meant to be. To the last, the lost and the least, you are beautiful as you are.
May all who visit this page feel God's touch and experience His blessing...

Friday 17 February 2012

How Easily Perception Can Offend

I've realised that the name of this blog may offend certain people, as I've been told "black swan" means something dark and provocative. How easily the best message can be tainted by bad perception. Why is this so? When you hear "black swan", what do you see? Do you see a beautiful, majestic, feathered bird, a swan that swings gracefully in pools of calm water, ripples circling away as she glides along, carrying her graceful neck aloft. Swans are beautiful birds, God's creation! A black swan event is an amazing occurrence that pushes the world into an amazing new paradigm. Perhaps it's time to change bad perception to good! Imagine if we thought of white swans in this way? Would this be possible? It could happen with the right associations in place!

The apostle Paul said in Phillipians 4:8 (KJV): "Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things."

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