I wish I were a Swan

My "Miss B Aunt Agony Hotline" has been ringing nonstop and sometimes it sucks to hear so many issues...be it relationship, work, financial or whatever you can think of. Recently, a couple of friends have told me about their relationship problems, like someone's cheating and feeling's gone. Then another one having problems and going for therapy. One friend having panick attack and mild depression cos work's having problem....It's SO HARD being a human don't you think? Sometimes I wonder isn't it easier being an animal because there're not as much problem....at least it won't be problems of human complexity.

Depending on your religion, they all said human being is the best life form...Buddhist says your being human in this life is a blessing from all the karma and being human is superior (like if you have shitty karma, you'll be a pig and get slaughtered etc)....Christian says you're God's children and the gift of life as a human is good blah blah blah....Really?? But it seems like we're plagued by problems from the day we pop out of our moms' vijayjay....you started out being dependent on your parents and pooping everywhere, then learn to not get whacked by having good potty hygiene and not poop all over your pants, then struggle in school to get good grades and not bullied, then fight with all your peers to get that good job that promises better prospect, then fall in love to get your heart broken a few times and then struggle through maintaining a relationship (come on, relationship is hard work), then try not to get in debt while paying for your mortgage and making enough so you won't need to resort to eating tree bark, then you get cancer/diabetics/heart diseases etc, then you struggle a couple more years and then you die, and if you're lucky, you'll have someone to give you a nice funeral and good eulogy.....erm, what's the appeal??? Sounds like Buddha has some pretty good insights when he said "Life is a sea of sufferings" no?

If I get to choose, I'd want to be a swan in a park though my favorite animal is the Beluga whale but thanks to the bloody cold-blooded Japanese, erm no thanks...I'd choose to be a swan thank you very much. Why? First, if you're swan in a park, you get fed and won't have to worry about finding food. So your daily survival is taken care of. You have no problem find a place to live and assuming you're a swan in a decent park, you're likely to live in a nice lake and you get to leisurely swim around while passersby admire your beauty and feed you with bread crumbs. And you don't need to work and make dough! It means no need to work with a tons of moron to make that peanuts you get every month end. If you're sick, the park vet would treat you, so no need for expensive healthcare... And swans are naturally graceful, so no need to worry about appearance and go on depressing diet of eating saw dust in order to loose weight nor botox your frown lines away.....Then the best of all, Swans mate for life and once you find a mate, you're together forever and no more breaking up and picking up the pieces, so bye bye domestic drama. Isn't it so much easier and more straight forward? Hmmm....So yes, I want to be a swan please....and I'll call myself Odette.......