Everyone, especially students, has bad days every now and then. The most important thing to remember when things aren't going so great is to take things one day at a time. Consider this your Daily Chicken Soup for the Soul.
1. "Just because you miss someone, it doesn’t mean you should go back to them. Sometimes you have to just keep missing them until you wake up one morning and realize that you don’t anymore." -Unknown
For the times you get sick of all the one-nighters, for the times you just want someone to sit and watch movies with you or lay in bed and listen to old classics. For the times it would just be easier to go back to someone you used to be with. Missing someone doesn't mean you need them.
2. "Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder." -Rumi
For the times all the anger in you is ready to burst out, for the times it would just be easier to yell at someone without thinking about whether they really deserve it or not. For the times that anyone tries to make you feel less important than you really are, remember, intelligence is best way to win an argument.
3. "If you don't like something, change it; if you can't change it, change the way you think about it." -Mary Engelbreit
For the times things didn't exactly go your way, for the times the person you liked flaked out on your plans, or things didn't go as smoothly as you thought they would. For the times you stayed up until 2 am studying for a test and still got a bad grade. The way you think about a situation is much more powerful than the actual outcome.
4. "Make the first move, tell people how you feel, stop being so scared of rejection, stop feeling so engulfed with thoughts that aren’t even yours, and stop wasting your damn time." -Unknown
For the times it would be easier to not speak up, for the times you were afraid to make the first move with someone you liked, for all the times you let others' words influence your chain of thought. It's easier not to speak your mind and to do the "rational" thing, but it pays off to be bold, and the feeling you get from speaking your mind is incomparable to any other feeling out there.
5. "Don't look back, you're not going that way." -Unknown
For the times you keep overthinking things that happened the day before, for the times you get a bad grade on a test and keep wishing you had studied more, for the times you keep thinking about all the mistakes you've made and how you'd change them. The past is the past, the only way to fix it, is to make a better future.
6. "Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be." -Robert A. Heinlein
For the times you wake up and just know it's going to be a crap day, for the times you're in a bad mood for not particular reason. For the times you feel as if the universe is just plotting against you. Happiness is a choice, its a mindset, good can come out of any bad situation.
7. "Time is like a river. You cannot touch the same water twice because the flow that has passed will never pass again. Enjoy every moment in life." -Unknown
For the times you get bored of the average everyday routine, for the times you feel as if nothing particularly exciting has been happening lately. For the times you just need a change. Each moment is a place you've never been before so explore it fully.
8. “Because this is what happens when you try to run from the past. It just doesn’t catch up, it overtakes … blotting out the future.” -Sarah Dessen
For the times you're stuck on someone from your past, for the times you miss how an ex's hand felt in yours, for the times you miss the friend you had to let go of. The past can ruin your future if you let it. Moving on is an essential of life, its hard, but with time it becomes easier.
9. "Don't you dare shrink yourself for someone else's comfort. Do not become small for someone who refuses to grow." -M.V.
For the times you feel like a weed in a sunflower garden, for the times someone makes you feel inferior to them. For the times you're ready to move on, but someone is blocking your way up. Your happiness should be the top priority in your life" don't live your life as a weed, be a sunflower.
10. "If you don't love yourself, you'll always be chasing after people who don't love you either." -Mandy Hale
For the times someone told you that you weren't pretty enough, for the times you felt like every other girl at the club was prettier than you, for the times every guy seemed bigger than you. Learning to love yourself requires time and self-appreciation, and when you finally learn to truly accept yourself -flaws and all- life gets a lot brighter.
