TURNING LEMONS TO LEMONADE
Hello Girlfriends – When life serves us lemons let us be sure to make lemonade! Imagine the sour taste of lemons but when sugar is added it makes a gentle sweet summer drink. How many lemons have been served your way and what have you done with those lemons?
Turn those lemons into lemonade!
The choice is yours – those beautiful lemons that get thrown our way sometimes out of the blue – not expecting lemons – these are the situations that blow us away. A pink slip, a loss of a loved one, a divorce – when these things happen do we fall in the dark abyss and rely on others to get us out or do we pick ourselves by the boot straps and make something good – something positive out of the darkness?
I believe that goodness can come out of every situation – but sometimes we are so marred by the negative – by the why is this happening to us that we loose sight and get completely clouded and in our clouds we don’t get to experience even the simple joys of everyday life. There’s always a bigger picture even in the midst of the chaos in our life. The bigger picture is the lemonade. The rainbow across the horizon. We have to train ourselves, train our minds to stop and look at the bigger picture. There could be a reason for you to loose that job – it’s possible a better one awaits you with benefits and more money. There can be a reason for that separation from a loved one – maybe it’s a time for self evaluation and self growth.
Do we choose to expand and change our thoughts and old agreements we’ve made with ourselves in order to think in a positive light and make lemonade out of lemons.
Remember, may the possibilities of today excite us!
AH! Love this topic. Here’s my perception: the world is so automated and technical that today isn’t fast enough and lifting a finger is too much work. I love the conveniences of life but it has us spoiled, and we don’t even realize it.
I’m reminded of a story I heard a long time ago about Jesus and a guy who stayed with a wealthy couple. They were rude, did not feed them and had them sleep in a delapidated part of their mansion. Jesus patched up some holes in the wall and bad planks in the floor before going to bed. The man thought this was odd, but hey, it’s Jesus. So the next night they stay with a poor couple, but this couple invites them in, treats them like family even sharing what little food they had. That morning the farmer woke up hysterical stating his price cow had died. The man turned to Jesus and demanded, “Why would you help the rich by fixing their house but take this families price cow? It’s their only source of income!” Jesus calmly turned to the man and replied, “There were riches in those walls and treasures under the floor so I covered them up so they wouldn’t see them. They have enough. And they came to take the man’s wife, but I had them take the cow instead. God will provide all their needs.”
It puts things into perspective. What seems horrible may be the lesser of two evils. It could always be worse…no matter who you are.
Such words of wisdom Angela and so very true your beautiful story….we take something bad that happens to us and we have 2 choices; to turn it into good or keep it bad. It’s like when the door closes do we stare so long at the closed door that we can’t see the open window beside the door???? Thank you for your eloquent comment!
Hi Nancy, thanks for this post. It serves as a timely reminder for us to see the silver lining in every cloud. Sometimes we are too afraid of change and the unknown that comes along with it. When what we presume to be bad happen, it might actually be a way of “forcing” us to do something we should have long ago!
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I couldn’t have said it any better ….
Thanks for the read and your input!!!!
Turning negative into positive,
Nancy