Generally, this is one phrase people use and have overused when they simply cannot explain further what is before them, they simply say it is what it is. But then I want you to see this from another perspective, as you read through this article, allow me to drive you through another route just so you can see and also come to terms with me that in most cases it is not what it is.
First, let me ask when people say it is what it is, what do they mean?
Having done some research, interestingly there are many answers to this question but here is what I could deduce, to people who say the phrase “it is what it is", to them it means that there is no use fretting or complaining about a situation because there is nothing you can do about it.
Some other people say that it's an expression that is practiced when the situation is not in your control. You have to just accept it, deal with it, and move on. When the situation or circumstance is simply a fact and must be accepted or dealt with as it exists.
As much as I know that when it comes to matters of life there are some things that we cannot control as humans. As much as it also doesn't go down well with some people, but then there are just some situations you encounter as an individual and you know that nothing will change the situation, you just have to accept it right?
That being a fact or better said the truth, it's clear that some situations are beyond your control, but then it's just unfortunate that some persons hide under the umbrella of complacency facing situations that they can take control of and make things turn out better and they still shroud their shoulder and gesture while they shout it is what it is. If that's the case then there is a problem. Why do I think it's a problem? It means we have to accept the inevitability of things being exactly as they are. And then here is my question, Why would you want to accept a reality that you can do something about as being okay?
This brings me back to my introduction of taking you through a route that should bring you to an end of coming to terms with me that it is not really what it is. Let's not deceive ourselves, sitting with our hands folded and talking like some persons who have no verbal imagination, people who have no option of taking up responsibilities and making sure they don't settle for what is before them.
Truth be told, some persons have settled in for laziness and things they shouldn't have settled in for blaming people and situations around them, and when they are being asked how or why? The response you'll get is “it is what it is".
Permit me to say that this shouldn't even be a space filler for you. Work at fixing stuff and not complaining or settling in for substantial altering. As much as there are things that are outside your control there are many more things that are within your control and if you rise mustering your arsenals you can mount up to the zenith. So, work at it!