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Or to be (all) part of life's rich pageant/tapestry.
If you say that a bad or difficult experience is all part of life's rich tapestry, you mean that you must accept it because it is a part of life that cannot be avoided.
-- 'Having kids certainly causes problems, but that's all part of life's rich tapestry'.
But the cliche/idiom is usually, I find, used in contexts more optimistic and refers to experiences - negative or positive - that are all part of a full and varied life, like a wedding, for instance.
If you say that a bad or difficult experience is all part of life's rich tapestry, you mean that you must accept it because it is a part of life that cannot be avoided.
-- 'Having kids certainly causes problems, but that's all part of life's rich tapestry'.
But the cliche/idiom is usually, I find, used in contexts more optimistic and refers to experiences - negative or positive - that are all part of a full and varied life, like a wedding, for instance.