A recipe for turning lemons into lemonade.

A recipe for turning lemons into lemonade.

Step number one in our recipe for turning lemons into lemonade.

Recognise your adversity as an opportunity to grow. Don’t give up be buoyant in the knowledge that out of the ashes flourishes a whole new forest.

Step number two in our recipe for turning lemons into lemonade.

Show gratitude for what you have.  Focus on the good things in your life. This will allow you to emit positive emotions. Once you are living your life in the positive emotions you begin attracting positive things towards you. This is the beginning of turning lemons into lemonade. The story that comes to mind for me here is my wise mentors story. Michael Dlouhy’s friend was diagnosed with terminal cancer. He was not given long to live. Michael’s friend refused chemotherapy. He decided to attend the cancer clinic with his guitar. Instead of wallowing in self pity he played music for all the patients. This warmed the spirits of so many desolate people including his own. To cut a long story short Michael’s friend went on to live for another fifteen years without any treatment .

Step number three in our recipe for turning lemons into lemonade.

Craft a plan to make things better. Take stock of your situation and assess it for what it is. When you are down as far as you can possibly go the only thing left is to get back up again. How you do this is very important. Make sure you have learnt from the past. Don’t dwell on it but make sure you don’t repeat the same mistakes again. Usually you are down in the rat hole because life is teaching you a lesson. Make sure you learn what it is. This becomes the starting point of your plan to make things better.

Step number four  in our recipe for turning lemons into lemonade.

Reach out for help. You cant do it on your own. Once you reach out and ask for help you will be amazed at how much help you will actually get.

Step number five in our recipe for turning lemons into lemonade.

Your plan will need faith and perseverance. Make sure you live by these key ingredients and never ever give up.

Step number six in our recipe for turning lemons into lemonade.

Don’t be afraid. Fear fuels negativity and completely destroys the recipe. It will not work if there is fear associated with your plan.

How can you outwit fear?

Turn the lemons life throws at you into lemonade

Recognise the fear for what it is. Often it is not real. You have fabricated it into something that scares you. It’s your mind dwelling on past experiences and using these to sum up a new situation.

The solution is of course to live in the now. When you live in the now. You make the best decisions based on the information at your disposal for each and every situation. This means that the future is in good hands because you have  made the right decision. The best part is that the past remains in the past.

I will conclude with the opening phrase here because this is what you can control. How you react to what life has dealt you will be what shapes your life.