I heard that a lot from people around me.
When I was a child, I thought that life was easy because I did not need to struggle to achieve something as I could ask my parents to get it. As I grow old, I learned a lot from my experiences that I need to fight to get what I want. Everything will not come easily. Then, I realize that to get a perfect life is not easy.
Everybody wants to be happy in life. I also want to live a perfect life. I want that great job or a successful business. I want to be married to Mr. Right. I want to have great kids. I want to have friends that stick by us come rain or shine. I want to be able to have all the material things life has to offer and have all my problems just disappear.
There are so many people living on this planet, and all of them have their own views on what life means to them. There are optimists, pessimists, realists who have rather different views considering the events happening in their life. If I say that life is a challenge, this doesn’t necessarily mean that I perceive the world in a dull way – it means that I can understand that life is not always a piece of cake, but in this feature there also can be seen the beauty of life.
There are many different moments in my life when I'm sad or disappointed; often there is injustice and various events that are bitter and very unpleasant. I cannot totally avoid these aspects of my life, as it is always interrelated with the other people and everything can drastically change any moment. A lot of people find these challenges to be too hard for them and in such situations they just choose not to interfere in the course of affairs and complain about their life, as if someone sympathizes with their misery. But as for me, I choose to perceive these challenges in such a way that they polish my character and make me a better person.
Thus, life is and should not be just a bed of roses; thorns are also a part of it and should be accepted by us just as we accept the beautiful side of life.
The thorns remind one of how success and happiness can be evasive and thus not to feel disappointed and disheartened rather remember that the pain of thorns is short-lived, and the beauty of life would soon overcome the prick of thorns. Lastly, just enjoy our life because it becomes more meaningful.
" Enjoy the little things in life, because one day you will look back and
realize they were the big things "
