" 73. When Life Hands You A Lemon, Make Lemonade

This always makes me chuckle. But the ability to turn sour, unwanted lemons into sweet, sparkling lemonade is one of the key traits of successful people, and it just takes a little bit of imagination and lots of hard work.

Without doubt, we all get handed ‘lemons’ sometimes in life. No one is immune from this. Maybe it’s an incurable illness, or a soldier caught in a roadside bomb; maybe it’s a duff education, a dysfunctional upbringing, or perhaps your plane crashes in the jungle, your car breaks down in the desert or you lose a loved one.

Bad things happen. We all know that, right?

But how we respond is where our future lies. "

― Bear Grylls , A Survival Guide for Life: How to Achieve Your Goals, Thrive in Adversity, and Grow in Character