Whenever I have moments or periods of "rallying" I think of it as my essential, pure,
self trying to rise above all the murky, mucky quagmire of my mental/emotional issues to show it's innocent face, get some sun to warm it, and breathe out from under, for a time, the load of CRAP it's usually buried (practically smothered) beneath. Because I think everyone starts out as basically good, not evil.

I know sometimes, oftentimes, the muck is too thick and it's gravitational pull so strong that it subsumes and covers over that purity we each have.

You just have to keep persevering, as you say "one day at a time"..sometimes one minute at a time.

For those moments, when I feel "well", good, positive, and (gasp) sometimes at peace are worth the effort.