Quote Originally Posted by shadow1
Quote Originally Posted by gRomoZeka
Some luck lies in not getting what you thought you wanted but getting what you have, which once you have got it you may be smart enough to see it is what you would have wanted had you known.
Cute.

This is a spinoff of the phrase "Don't cry over what you don't have, but be thankful for what you do have."
Значит, нужно переводить отталкиваясь от данной фразы. То есть нужно так же утрировать оригинал.