Scott Alexander writes, "It seems to me the question is not will 'bad' things happen to you in your lifetime. Unless you are remarkably lucky, they will. The question is what 'spiritual camber' will you manage to bring to your heart as you struggle to respond. In life's difficult times, our spiritual perspective largely determines whether we will succeed in finding new meaning and hope for the days ahead, or sink with sinking circumstances." Scott Alexander is minister of River Road Unitarian Church in Bethesda, Maryland.