A lot of times, we tend to underrate clichés and this underrating usually limits their real impact. Because of how we dismiss them, “oh, I’ve heard it all before, same old story,” we lose sight of what these clichés may bring us. Each situation is always unique, in spite of it being the “same old story” for us. For example, we all know the saying, “do what you love and what you are happy doing,” but how many of us actually put that into practice? Most of the time, we just do what we think we need to do or what’s best for us and yet we’ve heard it all before: “do what you love.”
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It may be different for another person, it may be “read between the lines” or whatever form of cliché that may be stuck in their head. Challenge yourself to find your cliché, it may be more than one, dig into it and see beyond the cliché title that thing has. Really put it into practice, it may end up completing a puzzle for you and making all the difference.
“So be it,” “as you make your bed, so you lie on it,” or, “when life gives you lemons, make lemonade.”
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Whatever cliché you feel you’ve heard before, give it a shot. Reminisce in it, live it, say it with understanding and depth. We do need these clichés because they seem to hold a lot of base and foundation. If we actually put the effort to practice some clichés in our day-to-day lives, we see that they hold a lot of power and that actions really do speak louder than words.
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