"Cutesy" Sayings in Times of Trouble: My Interpretation

My moods differ from time to time like anyone else's.  (AND I am of the female species, and we are "known" for "mood issues." I like to think of it more as being "expressive.")

So, that being said, sometimes I am "chipper" and sometimes I am "cranky." 

When I am in a "chipper" or "cheery" mood, I love to hear little quirky sayings that help me through the rougher times. When the sun is out, the birds are singing, and there ain't nary a cloud in the skies, sayings like "When life gives you lemons, you make lemonade" sound sing-songie and lovely, optimistic, and bright. This is indeed a  fantastic saying for those who live on the optimistic  or "glass half-full" side of life. On a "cheery" day, this saying makes me even more "cheerier!"

Take a sour thing that life throws at you and make it useful and not so troublesome; you make it look better, even SEEM better. Lemonade! Lovely little sentiment.

When I'm cranky, I think to myself, "A Lemon? I just got a lemon?" 

Guess what? You don't have to make lemonade!

Set that lemon aside on the table next to you. Go to the fridge.

Pour yourself some orange juice instead, add some vodka, and sip slowly. Sometimes when life gives you lemons, (lemons follow me, by the way), you need a few minutes to process or accept that lemon in your mind. Really, acceptance of lemons goes a lot easier with a drink. After a drink, that lemon does not look so bad after all. Sometimes lemons look better in say, a Bloody Mary! What a nice garnish! Now there's a great use for a lemon! 

If you're a non-drinker, instead of orange juice and vodka, set that lemon aside and eat a chocolate bar. Eat some chocolate cookies. Eat some chocolate cake, or heck, how about a whole gallon of chocolate ice cream? By all means, in these situations, eat whatever you can get your hands on if eating is your thing.

Now that lemon seems pretty small on the scale of things to worry about!

You're either drunk and acting like an idiot, or on your way to a diabetic coma from all the chocolate,  and you've actually gained ten pounds in an hour! Now THAT'S something to worry about!

Lemon-not-looking-so-sour-now, right?

Sometimes this works for me, sometimes I think this way.

Either way, I still have a lemon. It's just a bit blurred for a moment, a bit vague, or coated in chocolate, but I need that to get me through the rough times.  That's just me.

The kind of person you are, (or the mood you happen to be in at the time of receipt of said lemon), will determine what you do with your lemons. 

And they have a saying for that, too: 

"To Each His Own" 

BLECCCCHHHHHHHHHHHHH!