If this is a Fair description of R&S, Before you become the Swan which group do you belong to?

Question

R/S is like a large pond.
All types of animals come to the pond.
Some come to get a drink and quench their thirst.
Some come to submerge themselves and cool off.
Some defecate in the pond and at times this makes the water undrinkable.
Some come to the pond and when they find others there drinking they then pounce on them and try to devour them, much like the lions do at the watering holes in Africa.

We must be like the swan.
The swan dips its bill into the water, strains all the filth out and consumes that which is clean and clear.
The swan also swims on the surface, and with the oils on its feathers, allows all of the filth to run off back into the pond.

Let us all develop the qualities of the swan, allowing none of the dirty water to bother us!

Answer 1

Sounds like an accurate description to me........ and as for which *group* I fit n ?? NONE...... I get purty much ignored, unless I strike a nerve...... I guess I would be like the turtle in the pond, I like to bask in the Son, I sit on the log and watch, and only swim when I get the need......... go in peace...... God bless

Answer 2

I'm a swan alright, but I don't deign to touch the pond; I fly over it and look down. ;)

Answer 3

Interesting analogy.

Just out of curiosity, where, exactly, does the swan poop?

Complete crap, but interesting.

Answer 4

I'm the fish, who just crapped in the water that all the other animals have to drink.

Answer 5

I like pouncing and splashing everyone!

Answer 6

wow! I like that idea.
but it is easier said than done. I guess all we can do is try

Answer 7

lol. that is so true though. And if only your idea would work, but no one will want to do it. *sigh*