When Life Gives You Lemons

There's a silver lining to every cloud. So we have to look for the silver lining. Hebrews 12:2 says about Jesus, "who for the joy set before him endured the cross." Jesus looked beyond the pain, beyond the now, to the joys that would result from his sacrificing of his life. If we concentrate on the pain, it may be hard for us. But if we look for positive things in any situation we will fare much better.

Personally when life gives me lemons somehow it tastes like sour grapefruits. I try to mix the lemon in my drink one time and well I was happy momentarily then the sour grapefruits hit me the next day. Pretty much how life runs it course... has been difficult lately but I try really hard to have faith that soon things will be better.

I feel compelled to complete the topic title with, "You Paint that Sh*t Gold." It's the title of the Atmosphere album I've been blasting lately, haha. I agree with the quote "Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional." Personally, though, it's difficult for me to practice this... I try to make the most 'lemonade' from the 'lemons' handed to me in life, but my personality leads me to wallow in misery and at times engage in unhealthy habits when struck by misfortune (but hey, I can handle it). Heartbreak is one recent example; it took me a while to get over him. Expression is always better than repression, though, and if that means suffering, then so be it. I still always love life. Misery creates beautiful art, anyway.

I'll make lemonade out of the lemons that life throws at me and just think in a little later there would be strawberries and cherries that will pour around me.

MAKE LEMONDADE! Sorry..felt the need to finish your title ;-) lol In all seriousness though, when I hit a rough patch in life (which as we all know they come and go often!) I try to make the best of it. I talk myself through the stress and look forward to the positives in the near future. A lot of times there is nothing we can do about the bad things that are causing you stress, so why worry about them? That is my new theory in life! Just really trying to live in now, these days. Can be easier said than done at times - which is why I find myself TRYING to live it!

Hi! I try to make something positive out of the negative that comes to my life. And I always make sure that I have a plan b. You just don't know what's gonna happen, even if you plan out things someway along the road something might come out that would mess it up or something might come out and you have to wait a bit longer for your plans to happen. I just always pray to God for guidance and that whatever comes my way he will give me strength to handle it. Have a good day!

Start making a lot of lemonade and add some things to that mix. I have been thrown a lot of lemons, and I am trying to slowly make some lemonade out of it. I have lost my father, my brother, and my cat that I have taken care of for nearly 14 years, and I have just learned that I have to learn how to deal with it. There are times where all I want to do is cry and just lose it, but what good does that do me? I just have to learn to handle it.

Hi, theplanner, Life will never be a perfect one. Sometimes, when we least expect it our lives are turned upside down, filled with pain and grief, two negative emotions. Some people are able to handle both grief and pain more successfully than others. They are soon able to move on into a positive lifestyle. However, there are some people who cannot, without professional help, move past the pain and grief they are experiencing. Their lives are not worth living, so they think. When dealing with these emotions, a person has to believe that each day the pain and grief will lessen, and someday, perhaps, disappear totally. Time is a great healer. I try to look at the negative aspects of my life's glass as being half full, not half empty. So, when I am give lemons, I do make lemonade and add lots of real sugar. That is, positive words such as, "this too shall pass."

They say that when life gives you lemons, you should make lemonade. It is a good and positive way to look at a negative situation. The only problem is we don't always know how to make the lemonade not taste bitter.

Grief and suffering is something I deal with all the time. Life is a bit hard for me. Or the situation I've been put in. I also feel like life always gives me lemons. In fact, I think I have too many lemons that I think I could actually sell it and make a profit.

I believe that if I am positive, life would be positive towards me, but it is not always true, so when life throws lemons at me I tend to be more positive about it as much as bad it could be, sometimes I grief, yes, but I always try to recover faster and get on my feet and it depends on the day and what happened, of course :) Have a nice MyLotting :)

as said: there is always a rainbow after the rain.. God wont be giving us trials in life that we cant handle. it all depends on how we handle things.. giving up after things don't go our way, or try and try again.. ^_^

I would like to say that I take the lemons and make lemonade, but most of the time that is not the case. I usually react very badly to a situation and then a few days later, I look back and am embarrassed to see how I acted. I think my attitude has a lot to do with it, but don't know how to change that when I am stuck in the situation. It is always easier to see a different perspective when you are on the outside looking in.

Well, I'm totally convinced that 10% of life happens to you, and 90% of life is how you respond to it. The word of God says some powerful things concerning this. Jesus said the rain will fall on the just and the unjust...meaning that life happens to us all - we just gotta learn how to roll w/the punches. Most of the time, we view pain as a bad thing...think about it, if there wasn't any pain, we could literally catch on fire, never feel it, and die! Pain is a reminder to us physically that something is wrong and requires our immediate attention...this is true spiritually and emotionally. Never treat the symptoms, get to the disease, deal with it head on, then walk in the pain - free decision you've made. Life doesn't have to be riddled with pain and suffering unless it is goal - oriented. These trials and tribulations are only designed to make us stronger...use it and grow because whining, complaining and sulking only makes it worse!

Dear friend, At times it do give much of pain and moreover they may lead to much grief. I do like make lemonade out of the lemons that life throws and that too face life with all positive side.

i make make lemonade out of the lemons and try to add some chocolate.

If life don't give us lemons then no sense of our life and It helps us successfully.