It is what it is. The statement can imply complacency, acceptance, helplessness, and/or indifference, among many other meanings. In recent weeks I've tuned into the use of this morphic phrase and have begun to use as a mantra for myself, though not sure which meaning I aim to imply. Last week this phrase was the latest buzz in the Roger Clemens congressional hearings to determine whether or not he took steriods. His comment, "It is what it is," skirts politely around the truth, dismissively leaving it up to your own judgement.
Today in the family sitting area, I overheard one daughter say to her sister regarding their globally aphasic mother, "It is what it is." Their smiles following this statement implied acceptance.
Ah, acceptance. Coping with an illness isn't much different from coping with any other difficulty in life that requires acceptance, patience, and maybe even a little bit of faith. Faith that in the end everything will work out okay. Midge had yet another great metaphor today, "a pilot once told me... when flying you have to know where you are going and set the controls to move towards that destination, but always know that the flight is weather dependent and may cause you to shift course." When flying through life this may not be as clear, but I suppose...
It is what it is.
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"Plan the flight, fly the plan, but be mindful that the weather can change." I read that in a book by Laurence Gonzales called "Deep Survival." I love the saying, it reminds me to hold my dreams lightly. Never easy but...
let it be known...i am reading...and loving it!
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