I noticed that I tend to think something along the lines of
Everything will be okay. And even if it’s not, that’s okay too. You’ll get though this my love
The love bit was something I’ve been trying intentionally to instill. I’ve heard that positive self-talk can improve well being.
What do you think or say to yourself during those harder times?
“Life wasn’t always that bad, hence there’s no reason for it to stay bad in the future.”
Of course, this won’t work with something like incurable cancer. But most things we face are temporary. Even life.