Lemon
Sometimes, we’re faced with situations that may seem to come out of the blue. Ones that throw us off kilter, are unpleasant, and ‘undesired’. The thing is, we actually created those situations for ourselves by the way we were thinking about stuff.
Earl Nightingale put this very simply, “You become* the thing you think about most of the time.”
(*or get)
For example, if you’ve been stressing about work, relationships, finances, studies… well guess what? Where you direct your energy is how it will come back in the same fashion. So stressing about work means work becomes stressful. Worrying about finances means stumping your own cash flow. Studying becomes harder. And so on…
So, instead of beating ourselves up and wondering, “Why did this happen to me?” when an uncomfortable situation has arisen, how about taking a freshly squeezed perspective on things instead to shift the focus of your energy?
When life throws you lemons, take the lemon and…
Juggle it, make lemon meringue pie, then dance the merengue with it, paint faces on it, serenade it, draw it, add some lemon zing to your smoothie, plant a tree with its seeds so you can make more lemon meringue pies and sell them, tickle the lemon in case it laughs, make a little lemon film, play golf with it and see how far it will go, ask your neighbour what he or she would do with it, tweet about it (#PowerOverTheLemon), take it to a ball game, write a story, go to the museum, take a walk around the park, go to the beach…
And you may notice now that the lemon has disappeared. My guess is it’s still at the museum staring at some of its relatives in the Renaissance section.
Sheesh, look at how much power you just reclaimed over that situation.
And what a lovely renaissance moment for you, right!
Now that you’ve put that initial upset behind you, and you’ve released whatever negative emotions were attached to it, it’s time to get back on track with here and now, and more importantly what you are doing about it with a positive and constructive attitude, because your reality is really up to you, isn’t it?
Great. Rock on.
PS: Thank the lemon for showing up to help you find creative ways to get out of unpleasant situations.
#PowerOverTheLemon
