“When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.”
Okay, I get the point. Take what you’re given and make the best of it. Or, take something that could be perceived as a negative and turn it into something positive. Right? That’s it, right?
But step back a second, and let’s look at this situation objectively. Life gives you lemons. Lemons aren’t dropping out of the sky, so the more realistic statement would be Someone gives you lemons. That’s neater, no? Now, did you ask for lemons? In that case, win-win. You wanted lemons and guess what? Lemons in hand. But we don’t know that. No back story. This is just one possibility, and honestly, it’s as probable as the idea that you didn’t want lemons. Right?
Someone gives you lemons. You wanted limes. Okay, this seems bad, but really, how hard is it to just say, “No, sir, wrong hand fruit here, let’s have the green ones this time, and maybe it’s time to get them eyes checked, Magoo.” No? We don’t live in a society where we can do that? We have to be so ultra-polite that we can’t just exchange the lemons? Or hell, if you don’t want to do that, why don’t you pick out your own goddamn fruit next time. This, again, is just a possibility, and seems entirely likely as well. Continue reading
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