You Could Be Onto Something: The White Magpie
MTYL Memo #5—for those creating more freedom, purpose & possibility.
A couple of years ago, I was driving down the street when I noticed two magpies on a lawn. Well, one bird I was sure was a magpie. The other one? I wasn’t sure what I was seeing.
It looked like a magpie, with the right body size and shape. And it did not look like any other type of bird I’ve seen. But it had no black on it. And if you’re familiar with magpies, you know that “black” is a signature part of their coloring.
I snapped a couple of quick pictures, and showed them to a few family members and friends. They were similarly perplexed.
Thanks to the wonders of modern technology, I was able to easily get in touch with the head of the local Audubon Society chapter. He replied to tell me it was indeed a magpie—a luecistic (lacking melanin pigmentation) magpie.
Lucky, lucky me! I should’ve asked John how exactly rare a sighting like this is, but I’ll go with Google assuring me it’s very rare.
Your dream might be like the white magpie
What if the dream you’ve got and are working on—or the dream you’re going to unearth as you keep taking action toward any idea of yours—is like this rare bird? What if you really do see a problem and its solution in a novel way? Or you really do write, draw, sing, or think in a way other people are hungry for?
We’re sure not sitting around talking about all the magpies that fit the mold, or that are just like every other magpie, are we? Nope. So trust yourself. Trust your ideas. Your unique perspectives. Your voice.
And be intentional about who you share your ideas, plans and creativity with. If trusted family and friends had told me that what I was seeing was nothing special, I might have believed them. And we’d all have seen—and missed—a very rare bird.
Make today a great day!
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Sorry for being off-main-point, but I'm interested in that luecistic-magpie phenomenon. I wonder if the other magpies routinely accept a luecistic? I'll guess so, because I've had parakeets for decades, and they come in a terrific range of colors and markings, yet all get along imperturbably.