The First Noble Truth of Buddhism is "All life is suffering." I say, "Stop right there! Suffering is a frame of mind! A way of seeing! A way of evaluating what you are looking at! An opinion! "All life is an opinion! The way to be free of suffering is to change your mind about what is important! "The Eight-Fold Path is nothing more than eight steps to changing your mind about what is important-- with 'Right Seeing' being the first one!" Right seeing is seeing our seeing, evaluating our evaluation, having the Right Opinion about all of our opinions and maintaining Right Perspective all along The Way. We can come at this from a different perspective: "It's all useless, hopeless, pointless, futile and absurd-- and coming to a very bad end! Everything DIES! So why try? Who cares? What difference does anything make? Nothing matters!" To which comes the retort: "You say, 'Nothing matters,' in a way that suggests it matters that nothing matters. You are the very evidence you need to change your opinion/perspective/point of view about nothing mattering. If it matters that nothing matters, check out your breathing. That is probably a second thing that matters. And, before long, you will have a room full of things that matter, 'Eating when hungry, resting when tired,' for example. "So stop it! Don't give me 'Nothing matters!'! Change your mind, your perspective, your point of view about how things are and what can be done about them, and turn the light around!" Everything comes down to turning the light around. Absurdity. Some people look at absurdity and conclude that there is no reason to go on. Other people look at absurdity and laugh, and keep going. Turning the light around on "So what, who cares, why try, nothing matters," by asking of it, "So what if no one cares, if no one tries, if nothing matters? Let that not interfere with the things that matter: Cinnamon rolls fresh from the oven. Chocolate shakes, hot showers, good company, puppies and kittens and children's laughter... The list is long, so stand up! Step into what needs you to do it, and allow your life to carry you into the next thing that needs you to do it, all the way to the last thing, laughing and loving all that is to be loved, enjoying all that is to be enjoyed, seeing with right seeing evaluating with right evaluation, opining with right opinions, etc., all along The Way!
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Jim Dollar's Photography and Philosophy 
Yes indeedy, and as your photo suggests, dogwoods blooms are just around the corner. Suffering is way overrated, and gratitude is an effective antidote.
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