civilized ku # 3052 ~ having a good time

aftermath - surgical tape and gauze ~ Au Sable Forks, NY - in the Adirondack PARK • click to embiggen

Sometimes you eat the b'ar, sometimes the b'ar eats you - an expression describing the bipolar nature of life, the universe and everything.

Variations:

Sometimes you're the dog, sometimes you're the tree

Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug

On the other hand, if you don't believe in dualism, the other side of the coin, win some / lose some or the like, you can always say...

Fuck it, man. Let's go bowling.

or, Hop in the Cordoba, baby, we're going bowling.

fyi, some of the above is harvested from the Lebowski Lexicon and Mike Lange-ism