That saying about making lemonade was written by a bloke called Elbert Hubbard in 1915, shortly before a German U-Boat sank him.
As his boat sank, he calmly remarked, “Well, Jack, they have got us. They are a damn sight worse than I ever thought they were.”
He then locked himself in his cabin with his wife and waited to drown.
I’m not sure if I would call that making lemonade.
Elbert had written that famous phrase in the obituary of his friend, a famous entertainer called Marshall P. Wilder:
“He picked up the lemons that Fate had sent him and started a lemonade stand.”
And he was right: Marshall was born with achondroplasia when many people regarded it as a severe disability.
And Marshall would have told you that life gives us lemons because life is usually pretty sweet. It just wouldn’t taste any good without some bitterness.
Just like good lemonade, we need that bitter tang. It might overwhelm the sweet at first, but it always balances out in the end.
Remember, when life throws you a lemon, it’s all part of the recipe.
And you’re definitely sweet enough to take it. 😉