Everyone experiences high and low moments, but every one of those moments is fleeting. When we have the highs, we believe we are in the best moment of our lives (but the best is yet to come)! When we experience the lows, we believe we are at our lowest point, until we encounter a new valley of depression, embarrassment, tragedy, etc.
Every situation we encounter, good or bad, will only last for a period of time. How we handle the situations and the people we impact when we are at our best or worst affects how we are remembered. Most people will associate their memory of you with how you made them feel, usually with no regard for how you felt or what you were going through in that moment. But we can't control how other people feel or every situation we find ourselves in. We can only control ourselves.
It is said it takes years to build a reputation, but only seconds/moments to destroy one. No matter the situation we find ourselves in, we have to always remember what image or legacy we want to leave behind.