In life, sometimes it takes a lot to turn things around and sometimes it doesn't
By writersedge
@writersedge (22563)
United States
March 19, 2012 9:28am CST
take much. My pillow case kept coming off my pillow. So I turned my pillow around and mow when I rock at night, my pillow case doesn't come off. Too bad everything in life isn't as easy to turn around as a pillow case and make a difference.
Most of the time, we have to work really hard to turn our lives around. Have you had something easy, simple, hard, or difficult that you've had to turn around?
4 responses
@writersedge (22563)
• United States
19 Mar 12
Yes, I know it is a big one. I think lots of people have really turned their lives around, so this could get quite deep. But some people may just give me a surface answer like the pillow case. So the answers should "run the gammat". Take care as you go about your day.
@GreenMoo (11833)
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19 Mar 12
Having thought about it, the first thing which comes to mind is back when I worked for an employer. I started work with a new company and took over a small desk with only a low turnover. I ´turned the desk around´ by increasing sales, and when I moved on the desk was no longer a desk in a shared office but an office in it´s own right with a number of staff.
I don´t think I like the phrase ´turned something around´. It smacks of horrible business meetings!
@writersedge (22563)
• United States
19 Mar 12
Sounds like when I took sales of a pet food product from $300 a month to $1,500. Good deal as far as I can tell.
@JenInTN (27514)
• United States
21 Mar 12
It's not been so easy for me but I can't complain. I have really held on to the "one door closes and the other one opens" saying. It has really helped me hang in there. There are so many people that have had a tougher time than me that it makes me feel almost guilty to dwell on the things in my life that have been tough.
@writersedge (22563)
• United States
22 Mar 12
So that's why eventually maybe you can look back on those things as cleaverly turning things around.
I think everyone has difficult things to overcome. Apples to oranges, we shouldn't compare to others. Just where each of us started out and where we ended up.
@savypat (20216)
• United States
20 Mar 12
Most of the time I have found that if I just stop trying to fix something, it will fix it's self or the solution will just show up. Maybe it's just looking at something in a different way or someone saying something that is the perfect fix.
Whatever it takes as long as I am worrying and fussing around trying to fix it, things just get worse.
@writersedge (22563)
• United States
20 Mar 12
That's why I liked the just turn the pillow around, so simple, yet so effective.
@thesids (22180)
• Bhubaneswar, India
19 Mar 12
Hi writers 
There have been many such instances when I wanted to turn back the clock. From simpler ones like - helping some friends to complex ones like undoing something which I did because of compulsion. But things dont go easy all the time.
The last one which I tried for a while was - People started to take me for granted and I did not appreciate that. Eventually I found a way to convince myself that it is good for me, and I should accept that as I cannot change people. Sometimes this helps and many a times this acceptance of the fact doesnt.
There have been many such instances when I wanted to turn back the clock. From simpler ones like - helping some friends to complex ones like undoing something which I did because of compulsion. But things dont go easy all the time.
The last one which I tried for a while was - People started to take me for granted and I did not appreciate that. Eventually I found a way to convince myself that it is good for me, and I should accept that as I cannot change people. Sometimes this helps and many a times this acceptance of the fact doesnt. @writersedge (22563)
• United States
19 Mar 12
When you can't do it and tell them, they'll understand how important you are. That will turn around quickly. Thanks and take care.
