I think life is made of adventures, one after the other in a continuous flux. Lifelong or really short, funny or boring, lonely or shared, memorable or unremarkable. It's up to you how to face them, live them, make them easy or special.
In all this mess of situations and adventures that life is there is one single ability that makes everything so much more enjoyable and livable. Ladies and gentlemen, it's the art of getting by. People have been writing book and scripts for plays and movies about it, trying to explain and show the world what it really is. Well there is no better way to understand it than experiencing it. In my opinion Italians kinda have it in their DNA, it's something like some sort of ability or skill, you can certainly try to develop it by exercising, but truth is either you have it or you don't.
So, back to it. You know the saying "When life gives you lemons, you should make lemonade…and try to find someone whose life has given them vodka, and have a party.”.
Just kidding! The saying goes actually like this "When life gives you lemons, you make lemonade", well according to the art of getting by you got to make lemonade even without lemons. That's it. No lemons. Figure out a way to make lemonade.
This whole talk about lemons it's not because I like them, I mean I do like lemons but that'snot the point. The point is I love to live life and face new adventures improving and exercising L'ARTE DI ARRANGIARSI (Italian translation of the art of getting by), which could consist in finding a different way to solve thing, getting out of weird situation, getting to the final goal dribbling obstacles. Doesn't have to be something big and complicated.
You are in a big new city, know nothing about anything and you have thirty minutes to get to school.
This whole talk about lemons it's not because I like them, I mean I do like lemons but that'snot the point. The point is I love to live life and face new adventures improving and exercising L'ARTE DI ARRANGIARSI (Italian translation of the art of getting by), which could consist in finding a different way to solve thing, getting out of weird situation, getting to the final goal dribbling obstacles. Doesn't have to be something big and complicated.
You are in a big new city, know nothing about anything and you have thirty minutes to get to school.
It's 7 pm, you just got back from work, house is a mess, you have guests coming over for dinner in 30 minutes.
You go to the toilet, do what you have to do, you look to where the toilet paper is supposed to be. There is no toilet paper.
You have a test in an hour. "Wait, when did we decide the test was today! Is it today? Why no one told me?! How am I supposed to always know when all tests are!" Well doesn't change the fact that the test is still is an hour. Actually now you have just 50 minutes left. "Someone give me some notes and the book! What subject are we talking about?"
You are on vacation, driving a rented car, and suddenly a tire blows out. You have no spare wheel, no gel kit, kilometers away from your hotel, no phone service.
Basically you gotta think fast and solve even faster. Honestly though I don't know how could you ever make lemonade without lemons.
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You go to the toilet, do what you have to do, you look to where the toilet paper is supposed to be. There is no toilet paper.
You have a test in an hour. "Wait, when did we decide the test was today! Is it today? Why no one told me?! How am I supposed to always know when all tests are!" Well doesn't change the fact that the test is still is an hour. Actually now you have just 50 minutes left. "Someone give me some notes and the book! What subject are we talking about?"
You are on vacation, driving a rented car, and suddenly a tire blows out. You have no spare wheel, no gel kit, kilometers away from your hotel, no phone service.
Basically you gotta think fast and solve even faster. Honestly though I don't know how could you ever make lemonade without lemons.
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"Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen."
-Michael Jordan
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