Every setback and disappointment in life calls for courage to face reality and its issues. Evasion of responsibility solves no problems, and yet that is often the most natural human reaction to regrettable situations. Helen Keller was a wise observer of human nature. “People do not like to think,” she declared, “for thinking leads to conclusions, and conclusions are not always pleasant.” Courageous thinking, however, must occur before any satisfactory adjustment to unhappy emergencies, and—
incidentally to fortunate ones also.