For a friend who is depressed

1. I never promised you a rose garden.
2. You’re putting up a brave front.
3. It can’t be as bad as all that.
4. You have to look at the bright side.
5. Don’t be too hard on yourself.
6. Alright, get it out of your system.
7. I know how you feel.
8. It’s a step in the right direction.
9. I think you can figure this out for yourself.
10. With a bit of luck and hard work it will all work out fine in the end.
11. You have to look yourself in the eye and ask yourself plain and simple, with all your abilities, what’s holding you back from fulfilling more of your potential?
12. It looks worse than it really is.
13. Don’t you worry, you will be fine.
14. Do the best you can.
15. What’s eating you?
16. You have your whole life ahead of you.

For a friend who is depressed