handled his adversity. If we face our problems and respond to them positively, refusing to give in to panic, bitterness, or self-pity, the adversities that come along to bury us usually have within them the potential to bless us! Forgiveness, faith, prayer, praise, and hope are some of the biblical ways to shake it off and step up out of the wells in which we find ourselves. —Bruce Shelley, from “To Illustrate Plus,” Leadership, Vol. 20, No. 4. See: Psalms 85:6; Philippians 4:4; James 1:2–4