When life surprises you

It’s shouldn’t be a surprise. But it is. We all accept the fact that life will surprise us. But we still get surprised.
Life surprises you at the worst of times. You might be finally happy with a particular thing. You might be finally content. Then suddenly something will happen. Something that will balance everything out. That is life.
How do you handle these surprises? In my case, I always keep myself ready for that surprise. Whenever everything is going great, I expect the next thing to be negative. I expect something to go wrong. More often than not it does go wrong. But being prepared helps me accept that more easily. I feel more in control of my emotions.
But if you are not ready. It can get ugly. Sometimes the surprises are too difficult to take. They come at the best of times and the worst of times. They can be a positive surprise or a negative surprise. But the surprises will be there.
Today I had one of those negative surprises. It frustrated me at the beginning. But I was expecting it and it really helped me make peace with the situation.