As gyms are closed due to pandemic, I decided to start walking. So I walk for 45-60 minutes each day and I always walk the same familiar route each day. I don't pay much attention to the surroundings because there isn't anything new to see.
That's what I thought!
But today I turned my head to the left at a place I never had before, and I saw something new. I saw a familiar landmark from a new perspective. It surprised me so much: I stopped in my tracks.
"oh, that's what it looks like from the other side!" I exclaimed aloud.
I was so surprised that I spent the rest of the walk looking for new things. Looking for new perspectives.
It reminded me of when I was in school and try to understand something with just one side. I always focus on one side only and that thing stuck me in the same situation every time. Like I solve any mathematics problem in only one way as a teacher taught me. I never try to turn my left to see other methods to solve problems in my own way. And everyone knows you never learn maths without solving problems in your way. It's just one example of this, you can relate with many more examples of your own too.
Like many people are so stubborn or unaware about the things that they don't want to see another side of any problem. They never turn to their left to see more options for the same problems. We are so busy and stuck in daily life that we forget to see what is happening around us. We miss out on so many beautiful things when we don't turn to our left in life. sometimes left is a perfectly right direction to choose.
"WHEN NOTHING GOES RIGHT TURN LEFT" - MARTHA CECILIA
Everyone has been there – that situation where it feels like nothing is going right in your life. Where you try and you try but nothing goes right. Where you put your all into something and you don't get the results you were after and you're just left with the thought of "nothing ever goes my way". Well, when you're left feeling lost and angry when nothing goes right, there is an answer. And it's an answer that is going to require tonnes of energy and hard work to push through the pain. And that answer? Well, the title of this post, of course! – When nothing goes right, go left!
Like the similar phrase of "if life gives you lemons, make lemonade", the meaning of "when nothing goes right, go left" is that, if you find yourself in a situation in life that you don't like (i.e., when nothing goes right), then turn it on its head (i.e., go left)! It could be like the lemonade example, in that you actually turn negative into a positive, or it could be that you change things drastically and switch things up.
Essentially, this phrase is about taking a situation where it feels like nothing is going right and turning it around so that you try something new/make it go right/or use it to your advantage. So, fundamentally, the definition of "when nothing goes right go left" would be, to turn a negative situation into a positive one.
So always take the time to turn your left in every situation to see beautiful outcomes in every situation of life.
"WHEN THINGS GO WRONG, THIS IS WHAT YOU SHOULD DO TO MAKE GOOD ART BY TURNING TO THE LEFT."
