Image Credit: Pexels 'When life gives you lemons, make lemonade,' has been a cultural staple for over a century now, ever since the phrase was first coined by author Elbert Hubbard in 1909. And it's easy to see why; it's a simple, concise phrase that communicates the value of an optimistic outlook even amidst the follies of life. In Hubbard's analogy, a lemon is an adverse event in your life, and lemonade is the positive outcome that you can squeeze from those negatives.