Life will sometimes hand you difficult and undeserved challenges.  How we respond not only impacts our own happiness but can lift, inspire and strengthen others.  Choosing to be happy, which may be as heroic as any achievment even if done in the quiet and unknown walls of our own home, takes courage, sustained effort and a focus on others.  All these are critical elements of character and halmarks of a virtuous person.  These are illustrated by a painful real-life experience shared by, Dave, a caller to the Dennis Prager Radio show.