The first thing is to pray. From the moment we begin to pray, things start moving. The darker the night, the closer the dawn. From the moment we chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo with a deep and powerful resolve, the sun begins to rise in our hearts. Hope - prayer is the sun of hope. To chant each time we face a problem, overcoming it and elevating our life-condition as a result - this is the path of “changing earthly desires into enlightenment,” taught in Nichiren Daishonin’s Buddhism.
Daisaku Ikeda ‘Today and Tomorrow’ p.249

There are many reasons why people bid farewell to one another. It may be difficult indeed not to look back. Yet as long as you advance, new hope will be born. The sun will rise. A new life will unfold for you.
Daisaku Ikeda. Love ‘Buddhism For You’ p.17