You don't really know the real story

There is that famous story about a mermaid who gave up her tail to marry a prince, who gave up the sea to live the life of a princess. It is lie. It never happened. The real story is a bit darker, a bit richer, and shows the true nature of the prince....and mermaids.

Being led by the sea

There is a bit of magic that happens when we, mermaids specifically, stop making our decisions based on what experts tell us to do. Where would I be if I had followed the advice of that test in high school that said I would be a great flight attendant?

Believe it or not, we do not have to choose to do the things that we are good at. I know a struggling mer-man who is wonderful with numbers and finds accounting easy...and hates it. Everyone tells him that he should continue to make a living this way because he is good at it.
This is no different than being told that we should "compete" at something we are good at. Everytime I try something for the pure joy of doing it, and then find that I can do it well, someone tells me to study it, compete in it, teach it, build my life around it. The message is that because I can I must.

The sea teaches us a different way. Where does the water current lead? Where is your heart filled? What have you out-grown and what calls to you now. Life is a verb, it is about swimming in new waters led by a every changing sea.