There's a Japanese word called wabi-sabi that means something in the lines of "acceptance of transience and imperfection". I would translate it as appreciating life as it is, with all its flaws.
In other words, let's not let our ideas about how life should be obfuscate our ability to appreciate it the way it is.
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Today is my birthday, and I'm celebrating it all.
Cause, in the end, all fruits are red.
J.P.Belmont