Life Ain't Always Beautiful

There's a country song I love called Life Ain't Always Beautiful here are the lyrics to it:
Life ain't always beautiful
Sometimes it's just plain hard
Life can knock you down, it can break your heart

Life ain't always beautiful
You think you're on your way
And it's just a dead end road at the end of the day

But the struggles make you stronger
And the changes make you wise
And happiness has it's own way of takin it's sweet time

CHOURS
No, life ain't always beautiful
Tears will fall sometimes
Life aint always beautiful
But it's a beautiful ride

Life ain't always beautiful
Some days I miss your smile
I get tired of walkin all these lonely miles
And I wish for just one minute
I could see your pretty face
Guess I can dream, but life don’t work that way

But the struggles make me stronger
And the changes make me wise
And happiness has it's own way of takin it's sweet time

No, life ain't always beautiful
But i know i'll be fine
Hey, life aint always beautiful
But it's a beautiful ride
What a beautiful ride

There are so many young people who just don't  get it, life is hard yes it'll knock you on your rear end, it'll break your heart on some days, on others it'll be the best thing ever, your heart will soar like an eagle. Life has it's ups and downs for all of us and things do not come easy at all! Things you want you have to work for, relationships, a life of your own, a home of your own, a place in this world ...... it just doesn't come easy, I wish it did but life had no easy button at all and yet so many people act like it's just them and it's not. Every single one of us have gone through some stuff in our lives. I know that I have gone through a lot of stuff, but you know what I survived it and I keep on surviving and what I've done from all the rough stuff in my life is I have learned to put it in a postive  light rather than focus on the poor poor pitiful me aspect! I have learned to grow from mistakes I've made and things I've gone through yes my friends sometimes happiness is a CHOICE! True I do struggle with anxiety from time to time it's life I deal with it, NO ONE is perfect! I also have learned that putting my faith, my hope and my life in God's hands is so much better than leaving it all in my hands! The power of prayer and of God's grace and mercy is sufficient and awesome!  Too many people put their lives and happiness in the hands of other people...you can't count on other people or other things to make you happy,  learning to walk with God can make you happier, and learning to deal with life as it is and in relation to yourself can make you happier but other people and other things....no that wont make you happy it may give you a temporary fix but it wont suffice eventually that will not work anymore. So in my life I have been given up on by medical doctors who wanted to end me before I began, I was bullied and teased in school from elementary school till I dropped out in high school, I was in an abusive marriage, I have faced a few health issues all spliced up in there through out my life, one that almost cost me my life when I was 15 and then a few other near misses. I have issues in my current marriage and I have other family issues as well. No it isn't easy but I don't complain about it I don't throw myself a pity party, there are people out there that have had it worse than me on my worst days and I have learned from each thing I have faced, each battle I have had to come up against! And life hasn't always been beautiful that is for sure but I would not trade one minuet of my life to be anyone or anywhere else this is my life I don't let situations define me I let God define me. There are moments of splendor and beauty and I cherish them and those times are well worth dealing with the not so beautiful parts of life! It's your life...it's your choice....you going to live it and be victorious....or are you going to let it defeat you and define you?