An event that, although rare and seemingly unpredictable, has massive consequences on those people or things effected.
Example: A turkey, fed heartily for 1000 days, living a happy and healthy life, knows from the past days that his life is wonderful.
Day 1001 comes; it happens to be Thanksgiving. He is slaughtered and placed on the family table.
Could he have predicted it would happen? Probably not. In fact, at the time his life was in the gravest danger, he may have been the fattest and happiest he ever was.
Life consists FREQUENTLY of these so-called "Black Swans". Difficult to predict, they can change the course of your path when least expected.
It doesn't have to be an instance of something occuring that is a Black Swan - it may be something expected to occur that does not happen. Each can have a profound effect on life.
When one of these comes your way, embrace it. At the core is change. You never know when it will happen, or to what degree it will impact you. It's important to take a Black Swan in stride, and make the absolute best of the situation.
Who knows... If you play your cards right, you may be on a better path than you could have ever imagined.
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