Sometimes, it's not as bad as it seems...
And many times, it's not as good as it seems, either.
At every moment, we have the ability to make things better or worse.
It's the choice we make, the action we decide upon and take, that determines where things will go from where we are.
"It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities"
- Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets