Adapt or Be Thirsty

I'm kinda tired of the whole "When life hands you lemons; make lemonade" thing.

It seems like such an easy thing for people to lob over the emotional fence at you when they can see you struggling, and they WANT to appear concerned, maybe even helpful...but
just....can't.....quite.....figure out how.

It should be simple, right ? Lemons + You Doing Something = Lemonade !! Insert visions of tall cool ones, butterflies, shade trees and joy.

Well the truth of it is....unless you have made lemonade before, you have no earthly idea of what to do.

And the truth behind THAT is.....wait for it...... It doesn't really matter WHAT you do...as long as you do SOMETHING.

Survival is about adaptation and adaptation is about effort. Effort is about making the decision to invoke change through action. The action must come from you. Wanting change isn't enough. You must set your intention that you will allow yourself to change and start making incremental efforts to do so. Small moves.... they count. Bigger ones when you are feeling that you can take on bigger challenges.

You may not like the first batch of lemonade you produce...or your 6th.......or even your 42nd. But by then, you will have adapted so well to making efforts on behalf of positive change that you will at least have a fair idea of what you don't want in your lemonade. You will begin to discover your own recipe.

If you are the kind and helpful sort, you might even offer it up to someone else as a starting point when you see them struggling.