When life gives you lemons, make lemonade, and try each day, to be a better person - note to self and issued in public interest.
𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘳: these are my opinions, they may differ from your own and I respect that.
We live in a somewhat over sensitised world.
Everyone wants a ‘Participation certificate’ for just doing life. We want everything we do to be right. Truth is, that cannot always be the case.
In a world where anything is considered an ‘achievement’ here is a prescription for some pretty hard pills to swallow.
Warning: This is my very own created mix - it contains truths I remind myself of, things I discuss with friends that foster healthy conversations, learnings from older generations, takeaways from situations I’ve been in, harsh lessons I've learned from terrifying experiences and a few observations. This does not relate to any one person in particular, but if the cap suits you wear it.
Best consumed with Lemonade.
Hanging with friends but just sitting there scrolling on Instagram or tweeting doesn’t equal hanging out. Everything on the internet can wait. Be present.
Learning to cook the basic stuff or entering the kitchen in your late 20s/early 30s is not an achievement. It’s a basic life skill that you are about 7-10 years late in acquiring.
Telling a person that suffers with anxiety or depression to just sleep over it is unacceptable you ignorant little thing. There is enough and more reading material online about how you can help them. Read. Learn. Adapt.
There is no correlation to crying and water intake. Stop offering water to people who are crying to you or in your vicinity. Hugs could be a great replacement for that water you were offering or even just listening sans any opinions.
Pineapple does not go on pizza.
Healthy political conversations should not be restricted to FB, Twitter or Instagram only. Start having them in your home. Avoid them in family gatherings until dessert is served.
You do not have to be on some kinda diet because the world is busy doing keto, paleo and intermittent fasting. Do whatever you want, when you want, how you want.
You can change your career, pick a new field and still be successful. And, no money has not being wasted on your education.
Marriage is not an achievement. If an achievement is what you seek, write an extraordinary book and win a Pulitzer or something like that.Marriage is a commitment, a lot of constant work and a whole bunch of love and laughter.
Do not criticize or judge people for how they grieve. Grief looks different on people and there is no rule book of how to behave or what to feel. And not one has made you the grief police.
‘Best Friends’ are overrated. You can have many friends that are great and wonderful and not call them your best friend and they will still show up when you need them.
Miracles do happen! Small, Big, in between. Sometimes you have to change your perspective to recognise one.
Unconscious Bias is a thing. At work, at home, among friends, colleagues etc etc. Take a moment to examine yourself/your behaviour in a situation you suspect even slightly where you’ve been subjected to it or have subjected someone to it.
You can love someone dearly but also hate them a little. Example: Your sibling. Example for only children, your cousins.
No matter what stage in life you’re at, there’s always that one auntie armed with her unnecessary comment (about your career, relationship status, sexual orientation, weight, height, voice) Ignore her!
“It would be a terrible mistake to go through life thinking that people are the sum total of what you see.”
― Jonathan Tropper, This is Where I Leave You
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