It's madness

to hate all roses

because you got scratched

with one thorn,

 

to give up all dreams

because one of them

didn't come true,

 

to give up all attempts

because one of them failed.

 

It's folly to condemn

all your friends

because one has betrayed you,

 

to no longer believe in love

just because someone

was unfaithful

or didn't love you back,

 

to throw away

all your chances to be happy

because something went wrong.

 

There will always

be another opportunity,

another friend,

another love,

a new strength.

 

For every end,

there is always

a new beginning.

 

And now here is my secret,

a very simple secret:

It is only with the heart

that one can see rightly;

what is essential,

is invisible to the eye.

 

~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry: The Little Prince