Sometimes the reason why the road ahead looks so hard is because we forget how far we've come. If you're in a bad state right now, the best thing you can do for yourself is to realize what you do have and what you have accomplished. We all go through ups and downs, but the problem for many of us is that we focus too much on the downs. This keeps us from living in the moment and realizing what it is that we can do to make ourselves better now.