Crying and smiling go hand in hand

Joys and sorrows
Light and darkness

Learning and yearning
Playing and studying
Working and relaxing
Spending and saving

Caring for and being cared for
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Soon after you are born
You understand
Crying and smiling go hand in hand
Crying and smiling
Hand in hand
You cry and you smile
Even though you barely understand.
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Crying and smiling go hand in hand.
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When you start growing,
In spite of your developing knowing
Crying and smiling still go hand in hand
Crying and smiling
Hand in hand
Crying and smiling
Hand in hand.
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As you get older
Your accumulated experience, knowledge, and skills makes you more confident and bolder
But crying and smiling still go hand in hand
Crying and smiling
Hand in hand.
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And then adulthood arrives
With the responsibilities of life
And you find that crying and smiling still go hand in hand
Crying and smiling.
Hand in hand.
Crying and smiling.
Hand in hand.
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Job, marriage, family, happen in succession
Taking their place in early, normal, or fast progression
And crying and smiling still go hand in hand
Crying and smiling
Hand in hand
Crying and smiling
Hand in hand.
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And it's only when wisdom
Takes you by the hand.
When wisdom walks with you
That you begin to understand
That for every one of your life's tribulations and cares
There are consolations at hand
Big and small,

There are consolations at hand.
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Tears will be followed by smiles.

Some smiles will come quickly.
Some will take awhile.
But tears will be followed by smiles.

There are consolations at hand.
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And that is when you understand
What wisdom means
It means navigating the good times and the bad
It means navigating the happy and the sad
And this is when you understand
For every one of your cares, big and small, there are consolations at hand.
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And that's when you accept, that in life, smiling and crying go hand in hand.
Hand in hand.
And you are called upon to love life
Through its jubilations and tribulations.
Because they go hand in hand.
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It is part and parcel of the plan.

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Crying and smiling go hand in hand.