Sometimes, life just sucks. Wars plague the earth, grandparents get sick, love is lost and so on. Often, everything seems to go wrong simultaneously. My family says hardship rolls in like the tide: three big waves at a time. It’s easy to think, “I’d be happy if this never happened,” or “I’d be a happy person if bad things stopped happening to me.” Though common, this thinking is inherently incorrect. I would wager that the happiest people you know haven’t glided through a hardship-free life; they’ve persevered through hell and come out better. Happiness doesn’t come from avoiding suffering, but...