Thinking again...lemonade

I read something that I wanted to share.


"If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude."


Seems too simple doesn't it?
But this might just be the best piece of advice you can share with someone.

As much as we like to think we are in control of the planet - (just a reminder -were not). Not even close! We do have the power within us to change our view of something. We may not be able to change the happening but we certainly can change our perception of it and thus our attitude about it.


There are about 140 people who follow this blog on a regular basis and another 300 who lurk from time to time. I have been honored that many have shared some part of their story with me. Within those conversations some have felt comfortable enough to share some unexpected event or circumstance of their life that may have pushed them or their loved ones to the edge. It may have been an catastrophic illness, some type of loss or a just the natural order of things as we grow older or apart.

There is no doubt in my mind that "mother earth" seems to test us all by throwing some type of a curve in the course of our "normal" lives or the life of someone we love usually at the least opportune time.


But what I have been so fortunate to observe is that those who went through those tough trials and have survived to tell the tail all had one thing in common - They changed their attitude about the event.


They figured out to survive the event by altering their attitude...be it stubbornness to get over an illness, gratitude or rationalization, it really doesn't matter - they changed their lives and thus their circumstance by changing their perception of the event.

Maybe it is just as simple as the old saying "When life gives you lemons - make lemonade". The true test is finding the recipe for the correct flavor of the lemonade.

Til next time...

(Oh... by the way, the first quote is Eleanor Roosevelt's.)