Your thoughts on the comment, “it is what it is”? Here’s a few of mine:

It is what it is, except when it isn’t.

It is what it is, except an apology or ownership might go farther in the relationship.

It is what it is, but am I really just saying I don’t care anymore and that’s enough?

It is what you say it is. We all have the power to create. The stories we tell ourselves and others shape our present, our pasts and our futures.

It is what it is, except it’s not. We are not stuck. Nothing is ever really final.