Life is never a bed of roses

I have finally come to accept this:
That life is never a bed of roses...
For many a time when I feel that life is filled with happiness -
I have to face the reality that sorrow is also part of life...

So it is up to us to make the best of things,
Up to us to find happiness in the midst of sorrow...
That we may go through life full of hope for the future,
And find happy moments in life as we go on, strife after strife...

Hence it is up to us to lay the rose petals to lie on -
For life is truly never a bed of roses for anyone...