Life is an adventure that is best lived boldly

You only get one chance at life and you have to grab it boldly.

Are you the sort of person who can turn around when you have nothing left, and find that little bit extra inside you to keep going, or do you sag and wilt with exhaustion? It is a mental game, and it is hard to tell how people will react until they are squeezed.

My Christian faith is my backbone

And Jesus, the heart of the Christian faith is the wildest, most radical guy you'd ever come across.

Life doesn't reward the naturally clever or strong but those who can learn to fight and work hard and never quit.

I miss him still today: his long, whiskery eyebrows, his huge hands and hugs, his warmth, his prayers, his stories, but above all his shining example of how to live and how to die.