When life gives you lemons...

We have all heard the quote "When life gives you lemons, make lemonade" right? But how many people actually do?

Such a famous quote with the simple meaning of when life is sour or difficult, turn it around and make it into something better or sweeter.

There is many a time when I actually carry out the "make lemonade" part. I simply sit and whine or complain about the lemons life gave me. No once have I ever turned around and tried to make something good out of something bad that has happened.

Example: when I lost twitter. 90 days ago. That was clearly a lemon that was thrown at me so hard that I came crumbling down. Now according to the quote above, I could turn this event around and make something good from it. What good can come out of something being taken, that means so much to you? My parents were trying to make me concentrate on school. I guess I could have turned that around and tried hard in school to get good grades (not that I haven't, or wasn't already doing that) therefor resulting in a new phone. What else could I get out of this?!

Example 2: On Friday my school competed at Brisbane eisteddfod. Now we are renowned for winning all our hip hops at EVERY eisteddfod. But this time we didn't even place! There were 7 places given. 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, Very Highly Commended, Highly Commended and a wild card. We didn't place! Half our seniors (Year 12's) were distraught and were crying. All of us were distraught. How can we turn this lemon into lemonade? We will do better next time? We have already won all the other.... I don't know. It just doesn't work!

If anyone has any stories or advice to do with this, or just in general feel free to share in comments.