Something I try to remind myself:

• The strong mind finds a way to stay steady … even when plans fall apart.
• The strong body finds a way to train … even when the day doesn’t go your way.
• The strong relationship finds a way to reconnect … even when things get rough.

In a sense, what matters most is how you respond on the bad days, not the good ones.

• Anyone can smile when life goes smoothly.
• Anyone can train when they feel great.
• Anyone can be kind when the relationship is easy.

It's how you act when the situation isn't optimal that makes the difference.

There will be good days and bad, which means that some days I may be cranky and some days really cranky!

We know only too well that there are times when everything goes wrong, but, in our haste to make the worst of life, we are apt to forget that there are also times when everything goes right.

We’ll start our analysis with a truism, stark, self-evident and understated: Sometimes things do not go well. That seems to have much to do with the terrible nature of the world, with its plagues and famines and tyrannies and betrayals. But here’s the rub: sometimes, when things are not going well, it’s not the world that’s the cause. The cause is instead that which is currently most valued, subjectively and personally. Why? Because the world is revealed, to an indeterminate degree, through the template of your values…If the world you are seeing is not the world you want, therefore, it’s time to examine your values. It’s time to rid yourself of your current presuppositions. It’s time to let go. It might even be time to sacrifice what you love best, so that you can become who you might become, instead of staying who you are.

"When things go wrong and will not come right,

I have some days where I just sit down and cry. It’s not like everything is perfect all the time.

If I do good, I feel good...If I do bad, I feel bad

When things are going bad, try a lot of stuff. Because you have a high chance of making it better.
When things are going well, don't try a lot of stuff. Because you have a high chance of making it worse.

Q: What if you're having a rough day and something has upset you, how do you go out? How do you overcome that?

As times get good, people become less focused and less committed. They stop having a bigger Future Self they’re driving toward. They get stuck in short-term dopamine loops. Their actions and behaviors lead to unnecessary bad times. The law of the harvest. You reap what you sow.

I still have bad days. But that’s okay. I used to have bad years. — Anonymous

When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion.

It's easy to be grateful for the things that go well, but you have to be grateful for those that don't.

The obstacles. The frustrations. The wrong turns. The stresses and difficulties. The people who wronged you. The bad days.

Those are all opportunities to make you better.

I keep making mistakes, even the same ones over and over. I repeatedly attempt (and fail) to keep God and my fellow humans at arm’s length. I say no when I should say yes. I say yes when I should say no. I stumble into holy moments not realizing where I am until they are over. I love poorly, then accidentally say the right thing at the right moment without even realizing it, then forget what matters, then show tenderness ...