Shadows on a clear day are slightly blue because the sky is still lighting them. Even your dark moments get some light.

Nothing in daylight is fully dark, because light arrives from the whole sky and not only from the sun. A rough stretch tends to work the same way: something is usually still reaching you, a friend who texts, a routine that holds, music, the fact that it is Friday. Noticing that does not cancel the difficulty. It only means the picture is more accurate than the one despair draws.

If you are in a hard patch, name one thing that is still reaching you today, however small, and keep a short list somewhere. If you can find none at all for a while, tell somebody you trust.