When Life Throws Lemons at You…
Life believes in
raising us to be strong resilient individuals, and hence I believe, throws the
odd lemon at us and asks us to turn the sour lemon into sweet lemonade. Like everybody
else, life has given me my fair share of lemons and I understand that I will
always have that stock of lemons. Every time I’m handed a lemon, I know there
is a lesson to be learnt from the challenge. When I first receive the lemons, lemonade is
the last thing on my mind. I ‘m furious, agitated, depressed, worried and
confused and I say it okay to feel that way. Then slowly sanity and reason begin to prevail
and thoughts about lemonade begin to surface. Then I’m hard at work trying to
turn the lemons into lemonade. I’m
grateful for the lessons I’ve learned because of the lemons, whether it was
health, relationships or money. The lessons have been painful but I know they
will hold me in good stead for a lifetime.
When life throws lemons at you, turn them into
lemonade is a popular metaphor
encouraging us to take a positive attitude in times of crisis. The sour lemon
represents the crisis, and the lemonade represents the sweetness, lesson and positivity
that can emerge from the situation. Difficult as it may be, you are called to
keep going, put on your thinking cap, and find a solution and not crumble under
the weight of hopelessness and defeat. I reiterate, that every lemon comes with
a lesson. You emerge wiser and stronger as long as you don’t let negativity
take over.
Being positive does not
mean pretending all is well and the situation doesn’t exist. It means
maintaining hope and learning to thrive in difficult situations.
Thus when you are handed lemons:
·
Stay
positive and hopeful
·
Look
for the silver lining
·
Let
your struggle be a source of learning, empowerment and growth.
·
Take
to heart the lesson learned from each challenge.
What do you do when you
are handed lemons?
This post is part of the BlogChatterHalfMarathon
challenge.
Image credit – Freepik images
No comments:
Post a Comment