CARTOON DIALOG:

Setting: The Merry Woodster is approaching a fork in the road where there is a red  rose bush.  He leans over to pick up a rose in the path that has fallen from the bush.  And he thinks…

Merry Woodster (thinking): Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns…

Merry Woodster (thinking more): I am thankful that thorns have roses.