darkest hour is just before the dawn

the darkest hour is just before the dawn

proverb The worst part of an experience or period usually happens just before things get better. When I was lost in depression, friends tried to remind me that the darkest hour is just before the dawn
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darkest hour is just before the dawn

 and It's always darkest just before the dawn.
Prov. When things are extremely bad, it may signal that they are about to get much better. Jill: I feel like giving up. I don't have a job, my boyfriend left me, and they're raising the rent for my apartment. Jane: It's always darkest just before the dawn.
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She reminds us that while leaves emerge where they should not be, the darkest hour is just before the dawn. At the end of the suffering comes relief.
IT'S SAID that the darkest hour is just before the dawn, and this applies to you.