"Life is an onion and one peels it crying." -- French proverb

Years ago I discovered this quotation and it has become one of my favorite proverbs.  When our two daughters were growing up, I stayed home with them and started a home-based business which involved pressed and dried flowers.  They got to see this business adventure from start to finish -- planting, harvesting, pressing, drying the flowers, then using them in collages, bookmarks, note cards, ornaments, and on quotations, applied to beautiful imported papers, tied up with golden twine for hanging.  I would take all of these items to sell for Christmas or Chanukah gifts at the annual Holiday Bazaar at Colorado State University, CSU, here in town and the kids would help me set up and decorate my booth. 

CSU faculty, staff, and students were the primary customers, although many townspeople came, also.  I found that anyone over the age of 30 years old would especially appreciate my French quotation, but the younger crowd, mainly students, didn't "get" it.  "What does THAT mean?", they'd ask, looking quite baffled by the words. Obviously explanations wouldn't tell them, only life experiences could -- many, many life experiences.  And that would take time. 

Do you get it?