Life is an arena of challenges. Everyone has a story and a fair share of what is undesirable, but the way each of us responds is what separates those destroyed by hardship from those turned into gold. It is easy to be thought mad if your smile seems misplaced amid the storm. Yet within the frowning face of adversity is a smiling face of the Lord, waiting on the other side with a hug for a triumphant soldier of the cross.