Day 2 – Self and Story

Journal Entry – Day 2
Date: 26th May, 2025
Theme: Be present

Activity: I spent half an hour offline…no phones, no screens, no music. I transplanted a few flowers from small pots to bigger ones.
What did I notice about myself?
I realized that being COMPLETELY offline is easily doable, I just have to decide. And just as always, I loved the time alone.

Submission:
1. How did I feel when I spent time with myself?
• I felt refreshed.
• I felt in tume with myself.
• I got a lot of new ideas, especially for my writing.

2. The Story of the Six Swans
From the perspective of  “The wicked witch”

A lonely woman sat at the base of a tree. She had been sitting there for over three hours, feeling lost and heavy with sorrow. Her heart ached at the thought of returning home — not because she lacked courage, but because she couldn’t bear to watch her daughter cry again.
Six months earlier, her husband had died, and the townspeople had blamed her. Whispers turned into accusations. They called her a witch. She tried everything to prove her innocence, but no one would listen. In the end, they banished her and her daughter into the forest.
Her daughter cried every day, mourning her father and the life they had lost. On one such day, as the woman sat beneath the tree, a man passed by. He looked weary and disoriented. He told her he was lost and couldn’t find his way home. She offered to guide him—she knew the forest like the lines of her own hands—but in return, he had to promise to marry her daughter.
The man agreed. He kept his word, and she later discovered that he was a great king.
But soon, she found out something disturbing. The king had seven beautiful children whom he had hidden from her. He feared she would harm them—because of the rumors, because of the word “witch.” She was devastated by this betrayal. After all her suffering, she was still met with suspicion and deceit.
One day, overwhelmed by heartbreak and rage, she lost control. In her anguish, she called out to the gods to punish the king’s children for the hurt she had endured.
And the gods answered.
They turned the six sons into swans, and his only daughter was made mute… To be continued 😁

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