Long before Beyoncé’s Lemonade album, the saying ‘when life gives you lemons, turn your lemons to lemonade’ was popular. It has been my mantra in life!
Most recently, I reminded myself that I had just done just that. I had a very important business trip planned. However, I got ill with a horrible cold a few weeks prior. I thought I would feel better long before the trip. But that wasn’t happening. I had resolved that I just was not going to be able to make it. Then the day before I was to go, I felt a little better. Now, I am the person who begins packing about three to four days before leaving – just to make sure I don’t forget anything. I hadn’t packed. So I began packing. Just before completing, my nose began to bleed. I got it stopped and went to bed. I didn’t think much about it since I don’t usually get nose bleeds.
Then at 3am, I was awakened because my nose began to bleed again. I couldn’t get it to stop for hours. I had to get rushed to the emergency room, thereby totally forfeiting my trip. I had purchased trip protection, but I would have needed to cancel 72 hours prior to the trip for that to be in effect.
The blessing, is that while I missed my trip totally, I am back to normal – healthy. The best part of this story, is that the organization I was to be apart of had a Livestream of the event. So, I relaxed and tuned in for the entire event for the weekend at home.
My lemonade? I had a few glasses – gaining my health back and feeling like I missed absolutely nothing! I was as close to being there – thanks to Lisa Nichols’ phenomenal team. Lemonade quenches my thirst!
Remember to turn your lemons into lemonade! Quench your thirst!
