When life throws you lemons, not all of us can enthusiastically run to the kitchen, pull out a table knife and a juicer and quickly make a glass of lemonade. Sometimes, we are not even sure why it is lemons that is thrown at us and not oranges or apples. At other times, we wonder what on earth I am to do with a lemon?
Perspective makes all the difference. A Lemon in your hand can be a powerful cleanser, a drink, a Flavoring for dishes and desserts, salad dressings and marinades, food preservatives, baking ingredients, seafood accompaniment, natural cleaning agent, a deodorizer, stain remover, polishing fluid, grease remover, natural deodorant, throat soothers, natural pesticide, wood cleaner, skin lightener, hair lightener, nail strengthening. A lemon can become and produce so many things. Depends on how you see it. And how creative you choose to be with what you have been given and where you find yourself
So, next time you confront a life pressure that is thrown at you, remember that it is not what is thrown at you but what you do with what has been thrown to you.
In a difficult challenge, the question to ask is not just “What is going on?” but “what new unseen thing can I create out of this?”