I'm terrified of walking into a room full of people. Sitting down at a dinner table with 15 strangers brings me out in a sweat.

Christianity is not about religion. It's about faith, about being held, about being forgiven. It's about finding joy and finding home.

Survival can be summed up in three words - never give up. That's the heart of it really. Just keep trying.

Many people find it hard to understand what it is about a mountain that draws men and women to risk their lives on her freezing, icy faces - all for a chance at that single, solitary moment on the top. It can be hard to explain. But I also relate to the quote that says, Iif you have to ask, you will never understand.

Dreams, though, are cheap, and the real task comes when you start putting in place the steps needed to make those dreams a reality.

Adventure should be 80 percent 'I think this is manageable,' but it's good to have that last 20 percent where you're right outside your comfort zone. Still safe, but outside your comfort zone.

The only difference between 'try' and 'triumph' is varying degrees of 'umph'