Turn adversity into an opportunity: --

 One day a farmer's donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. Finally, he decided the animal was old and the well needed to be covered up anyway, it just wasn't worth it to retrieve the donkey. Instead of leaving the donkey to starve and die with pain, he decided to bury him alive. He invited all his neighbours to come over and help him. They all grabbed shovel and began to shovel dirt or mud into the well.

At first, the donkey realized what was happening and brayed terribly. Then, to everyone's amazement, he quited down. A few shovel loads later, the farmer feeling pity finally looked down the well and was astonished at what they saw. With every shovel of dirt that hit his back, the donkey was doing something amazing. He would shake it off and make a step up. As the farmer's neighbours continued to shovel dirt or mud on top of the animal, he would shake it off again and take another step up. Very soon, to everyone's amazement the donkey stepped up over the edge of the well and walked off.

Similarly, life is going to shovel all kind of dirt on you. The trick to getting out from your problem is to shake it off and take a step. Every adversity can be turned into a stepping stone if you never give up, rather shake off your problems and stand on them. What happens to you isn't nearly as important as how you react to it. So, learn from your problems  and learn to take a stand for yourself. This is the best way to turn Adversity into an opportunity.