In Which It’s Not Many

The following is an example of one of the most widely held interpretations of this proverb: If life deals you a hand that makes you laugh, it will almost certainly also deal you a hand at some point in the future that causes you to mourn and lament over something else. 

If life deals you a hand that makes you laugh, it will almost certainly also deal you a hand that causes you to laugh over something else. 

Even though there are a lot of different ways in which this adage can be read, one of the interpretations that are most commonly used is as follows:

She couldn't help but reflect on John from the past and ponder the type of man he may have been in the past when she was thinking about John from the past. 

She discovered that she was unable to stop ruminating on John's presence in her mind.