The great thing, if one can, is to stop regarding all the unpleasant things as interruptions of one's 'own, ' or 'real' life. The truth is of course that what one calls the interruptions are precisely one's real life -- the life God is sending one day by day.

C.s. Lewis
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The great thing about life is not to be always thinking of how it was before, but to enjoy what is happening at the moment. The great thing that you can do for your mental health is to stop worrying about how things used to be. Instead, think about what you can do now. If you are depressed, instead of dwelling on how things used to be, think about how you can change your life to make your life better now. Everyone goes through ups and downs so the idea is not to dwell on how bad things were before, but rather what you can do now to make things better.

Source: The Collected Works Of C.s. Lewis

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