in terms of gratitude, i always liked the idea of "be generous in posperity and grateful in adversity"

focussing on gratitude within a difficult situation or time in our lives can really lift us up. because it reminds us how not everything is lost and hopeless. it's just that we have a tendency to strongly focus on the bad when the bad happens, but it's not a neutral stance. good things happen all the time as well, especially compared to other people who may not even have what we still have right now in that difficult moment.