Well the country songs themselves are three-chord stories ballads which are mostly sad. If you are already feeling sorry for yourself when you listen to them they will take you to an even sadder place.
Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.
When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached don't adjust the goals...
The object of the superior man is truth.
We should feel sorrow but not sink under its oppression.
There is no reason to repeat bad history.
There were various turning points, but the main one at the beginning was...
Look into the heavens and say, “It’s my turn to make history.
