Thorn bushes and rose bushes

I feel like I just want to talk to you-there is no particular topic so I thought I would share an Abraham Lincoln quote with you that I wrote on the chalkboard the other day:

"We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses."

OR:

"We can complain because we lost Hayden, or rejoice because we had him."