If you're passionate about blog carnivals (and who isn't?), you'll love the latest edition of the Carnival of Personal Finance. Hosted by The Dividend Guy, it's almost overwhelming (I stopped counting at 60 posts); there's an Editor's Choice section to kick things off, and then a slew of interesting posts, in helpul categories, follow.
Dan, blogging at MoneyMyths, has a poignant, and helpful, post about how the tests we face in life also teach us valuable lessons.