Help! Spanish idiom to English

In My Humble Opinion
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*La vida es como la espuma, por eso hay que darse como el mar. *
or
La vida es como la espuma, por eso hay que ser como el mar.

What I get from the person who uttered it is that it means that *la espuma *(seafoam) is temporary and changeable, and so you should be like *el mar *(the ocean), vast, accepting…

Is there an idiom in English that expresses the same sentiment?
:smack:

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The basic wisdom behind the saying comest closest to “live life to the fullest”, which while not as poetic is what its trying to convey. And the way i’ve heard that phrase said before is “la vida es como la espuma, por eso hay que darse como el mar en cada ola”.