Is life a bunch of roses?

And sweet smelling roses, at that?

Well, I’d like to think so, I’ve always thought so.
But the truth is, life is surely a bunch of roses, if you can handle the thorns that come along
After all, roses are beautiful and soft. I believe anything’s that truly worth living (not just roses, there are several sweet little things I’d vouch for) needs some kind of struggle to achieve.

Like face pain, then experience pleasure (to be exact, relief to be away from the pain).
Like happiness, for example. I see people cribbing about their jobs, I believe that one should enjoy what they do, then it’s not called ‘going to work’ (Get the point?)

Instead of complaining about thorns, vision the pleasant roses that comes along. You will then automatically walk your way through the thorns. After all, what’s the bliss of success if one hasn’t faced failure? Oh by the way, there’s nothing permanent in this world. Not success. Not failure. No one can call anyone a failure. No one can call anyone successful. The human mind is ever yearning, ever pining for more things. Be it materialistic, emotional, physical.

So, instead of cribbing about trivial issues, focus on what’s necessary. It’s very important to have a goal in life.
A small child can have the goal of learning a cycle. He falls a few times, probably even cries (if he’s the sentimental kind) and later smiles when he feels the wind against his face as he goes in a speed he never went on before (unless, of course, he has gone in his dad’s car, and uses Einstein’s theory of relativity )

As I said earlier, nothing’s permanent, success is an on-going, continual process, and the human mind is ever desirous… blah blah..
So, be ambitious, have goals, and have goals that seem impossible to achieve. Trust your mind, trust your instincts. And most importantly, trust yourself, like no other. If you think you can do something, you can (I’ve read this somewhere, and truly truly love this line). There’s another word for this in the English dictionary, actually two. One’s ‘optimism’. The other is ‘hard work’. (there’s a difference between hard-work and hardly-working)
Have the two, coupled with seemingly-unachievable goals. And guess what, you just achieve it! I’d like to add a third, very important word, people forget today. Don’t forget ‘enjoy’ or ‘happiness’ in whatever you do.

Because in the end (and I end this post for now) it’s the happiness, even in tough times, that will matter most.