How would we feel

joy without pain

cold without flames

light without dark

peace without chaos

company without loneliness

content without regret

reward without struggle

life without death

love without hate

It is the blindly optimistic who see only the good, and pray we never have to face the bad; they will never know that nothing comes without a counterpart.

It is the gloomy pessimists who see only the foul, and give up hope of ever finding the good; they give up the fight before it starts, and trapped in a circle, never realising where the problem lies.

But then there are those who see both good and bad, understand their presence, and laugh at the irony, thinking, whispering, to themselves, "Life is a Funny Thing; That's what makes it worth living."