Aphorisms, Who Needs 'Em?

You guys know what aphorisms are?  (Yes, my freakish English-loving friends, I know that YOU know what they are.  But all the normal people may not.) 

Here are some examples:
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
When one door closes, another door opens.
Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.

They're like these quippy little phrases that are supposed to pass on some deep life lesson.  Except that most of them are uber-lame and ultra-sappy.

We had to go over a list of them in ASL class today.  (What does it mean?  How would you interpret it?)  This was a problem for 2 reasons:  1 - I'm SO mentally done with school right now, and 2 - I hate aphorisms.

I just don't feel like life can be tied up nicely in a little bow and made pretty with a quotable sentence that makes us feel better about challenges.


I've come up with my own aphorisms over the years.  Ones that I feel are less sappy, more accurate, and more helpful.  I would now like to share those with you:

Normal Version:  When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.
Tamra's Version:  When life gives you lemons, that sucks!

Normal Version:  Anything worth doing is worth doing well.
Tamra's Version:  Anything worth doing is worth doing well enough.
Alternate Version:  Good enough is good enough.

And my own creation:  Family is Chaos.

You know what makes me feel better about challenges?  Knowing that I'm awesome and I can totally do it.  That's not a sentence.  It's a lifestyle.