We wouldn’t enjoy the sunshine
If we never had the rain;
We wouldn’t appreciate good health
If we never had a pain;

If we never shed a tear drop
And always wore a smile,
We’d all get tired of laughing
After we had grinned a while;

Everything is by comparison,
Both the bitter and the sweet,
And it takes a bit of both of them
To make our lives complete.

- Helen Steiner Rice