What happens to good people when bad things happen to them?

A true experience from the "Be happy Attitudes" By Robert H. Schuller.

Art Linkletter delighful way of looking at American life had brought joy and laughter into everyone lifes. But when you look beyond Art's wit and optimism you see a man who has turned his cross into a commission - a commitment to reach the lives of young people who are ensnared in the deathtrap of drugs. All of this grew out of his daughter's tragic death as a result of drugs and his son's death in an automobile accident.

Schuller: "Art, how do you turn a tragedy into a personal triumph?"

Art (in his warm, wise and loving manner): "The most difficult thing is to admit the tragedy, to accept it. It is something in your life over which you had no control,................. Having once admitted and accepted the deep, deep pain of wound, then you begin to realize that you have expanded your own capability of loving and caring for others. Until you are hurt, you can never truly understand the hurts of others. Until you have failed, you can not truly achieve success. In my own case, the pain in my life started me on a crusade against drug abuse - trying to help young people and families."

People facing tragedy or failure suddenly take a new look at their whole life. Their whole perspective changes. Some of the things they had thought were so precious don't seem to mean much anymore. Some of the treasures they valued so highly don't seem valuable anymore. Their value system changes. When you value system changes, your heart changes, your mood changes, your mind changes. Your life and your relationships change.

So, what happens to good people when bad things happen to them?
They become BETTER person, simple as that......
But it is the process of turning them into a better person makes them extraordinary.