13.52. When Life gives you Lemons

13.52. When Life gives you Lemons, a photo by Child.Like.Mind on Flickr.

"When Life gives you lemons, make lemonade"

For so long, I have just heard this quote and shrugged it off. But lately, I have stated to get it. There are so many things that haven't seemed to go right, or situations that really weren't ideal, or just things just generally suck.  But I think all of those lemon situations could (almost always) be turned into lemonade.

I think in every situation, there is always two ways to look at it.  For instance, my recent stack (see last photo) I could of just hopped off the bus and gone home in a complete state of embarrassment and sadness, or I could of (dramatic answer) secretly cried while in my seat, or complained to the people on the bus for just staring at me while it happened.  OR do what I did do - get back up, get my shoe and waltz (with one shoe on and the other in my hand) to a seat near the back of the bus (my usual seat) and just suck it up.  I now look back on the situation and laugh about how silly that whole moment was - like seriously... I even fail at walking. (This is pretty much me, when I walk). hahaha  

So many people have "failed" at something.  But most have gotten back and tried again.

For instance: 

Albert Einstein: Most of us take Einstein's name as synonymous with genius, but he didn't always show such promise. Einstein did not speak until he was four and did not read until he was seven, causing his teachers and parents to think he was mentally handicapped, slow and anti-social. Eventually, he was expelled from school and was refused admittance to the Zurich Polytechnic School. It might have taken him a bit longer, but most people would agree that he caught on pretty well in the end, winning the Nobel Prize and changing the face of modern physics.

F. W. Woolworth: Some may not know this name today, but Woolworth was once one of the biggest names in department stores in the U.S. Before starting his own business, young Woolworth worked at a dry goods store and was not allowed to wait on customers because his boss said he lacked the sense needed to do so.

Akio Morita: You may not have heard of Morita but you've undoubtedly heard of his company, Sony. Sony's first product was a rice cooker that unfortunately didn't cook rice so much as burn it, selling less than 100 units. This first setback didn't stop Morita and his partners as they pushed forward to create a multi-billion dollar company.

Harland David Sanders: Perhaps better known as Colonel Sanders of Kentucky Fried Chicken fame, Sanders had a hard time selling his chicken at first. In fact, his famous secret chicken recipe was rejected 1,009 times before a restaurant accepted it.

and my favourite - 

Walt Disney: Today Disney rakes in billions from merchandise, movies and theme parks around the world, but Walt Disney himself had a bit of a rough start. He was fired by a newspaper editor because, "he lacked imagination and had no good ideas." After that, Disney started a number of businesses that didn't last too long and ended with bankruptcy and failure. He kept plugging along, however, and eventually found a recipe for success that worked.

More of these can be found on here.

This is also my Yellow entry to the colour project