We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand. If I don’t seem as depressed or morose as I should be, sorry to disappoint you.
Better to fail spectacularly than do something mediocre.
Are you a Tigger or an Eeyore?
Advice is very easy to give, and even easier not to follow, so I don't fool with it.
Apologies are not pass/fail.
Show gratitude. Gratitude is a simple but powerful thing.