My Granny used to say that one and her context was pretty much to "lay in the bed which one had made" or in other words - "suffer the consequences. However, I have also heard it used in the 'Plough your own furrow' / 'take charge of your own destiny' contexts as well. My sentiments tend to follow that of Granny's interpretation - after all, someone who saw the introduction of the motor car to the planet as a young girl (she was 104+ when she died about 4 or 5 years ago) and then mass communication, two world wars and Man on the Moon has GOTTA have something going in the way of folkloric wisdom. Muttley
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