The obvious answer is: make lemonade, but I had a very close friend who answered with, "throw them back and say, 'I don't want that shit'". (I was going through a particularly challenging time in college.)
And even though I couldn't just throw my lemons back at life, it made me laugh, and that was just what I needed.
Life is hard. Anyone who says it isn't is lying. There are ups and downs for everyone. There are good times and bad. Defeat and achievement. Much like the tides of the sea or the rising and setting of the sun there is an ebb and flow in life. Period. No matter who you are, what you do, or where you live you will have your highs and lows throughout your entire life. Sometimes they are easier to deal with, sometimes they are harder. Sometimes they are quick, and sometimes they last so long that you forget what it's like to be on top, but in the end, we all grow stronger.
The important thing is that we continue to grow, we continue to learn from mistakes, that we continue to be inspired, and that we simply continue. One person's struggles may not compare to another, but we are all similar because we all struggle, we all experience defeat and achievement in one way or another. And that's what makes us so uniquely different. We are who we are. We are all individuals, no better or worse than our neighbor but the same.
I am me. I am proud of who I am. I'm taking my lemons, and I'm throwing them back.
Life, I don't want that shit.
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I love that you realize that the playing field is even, whether you're the prince(ss) or the pauper. We are indeed all the same, just plain old human beans. And that's the truth! OX G
ReplyDeleteThat we are. We just have to remind ourselves sometimes!
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