Cliches

I'm sorry that I'm falling behind a little bit here.  I'm working on catching up, but I have so much on my plate right now.  If I only could figure out how to effectively create a routine...

Anyhow, I was thinking about cliches.  Actually I'm still thinking about them, which is why I decided to write a little ditty before I get back to the 24 hour job that teaching has developed into.  And that's even before the debate club gets off the ground.  Oh boy what did I sign up for here?

Cliches are such a ridiculous thing.  A bunch of sayings thrown together that are supposed to encapsulate a life lesson or something.  When life hands you lemons, for example, you're supposed to make lemonade.  Sure, but things aren't always that simple.  I mean, if life hands you lemons and nothing else, you would be making some lemon juice.  What if life neglected to throw in the sugar and water?  It's such a silly saying that fails to confront the myriad possibilities that exist beyond the one in question.

Today I uttered the phrase, "Things will work out how they work out."  Really?  I used the oldest cliche in the book (which itself is the biggest cliche) in a failed attempt to describe some of the more confusing circumstances in my life.  It didn't really say anything.  I didn't show any knowledge gained or evidence of thought.  It's just one of those things we say to fill space.  What does it mean?  It doesn't tell the story of my life.  It doesn't tell the story of anyone's life.  We are used to being in control.  We don't sit back and let things take care of themselves; rather, we've been taught to get after it and make something.  Sure it's another cliche, but at least it has some feeling behind it.  We need to take control of our own lives.  Letting those cliches run rampant in the (sub)conscious parts of our minds is most certainly counterproductive, rendering us as something resembling clones.  We lose our individuality and embrace that which is easy and doesn't require much work.

But guess what...anything worth having requires work.  A cliche if I ever saw one, but one that I can stand behind.