Add pain, mix in joy, and blend to your favorite consistency

It's funny how one thing DOES lead to the other. I watch people everyday say that funny little phrase, and then live it out. You'd think that as opposable thumb humans we would figure out that this is more than a phrase, but a truthful happening. One thing does lead to another thing, which leads to another, and most times when you use that phrase the ending point is not the happiest of places to reside. I wish I would have learned this in my youth, maybe I'd still have all my hair if I would have...