There is a picture of a French lighthouse, located in the Celtic Sea, North Atlantic Ocean that has always captured my attention. It is not the lighthouse that is so remarkable, but the scene that surrounds the lighthouse. There was a tremendous storm, and the picture is of this lighthouse with a huge wave crashing around it and covering the …

I must say that I am amazed at how many people are training to do a triathlon, or an ironman, or one of these crazy survival obstacle courses. I must tell you that I have never had the desire to run twenty-six miles (let alone one mile), but there are people who are excitedly training for such an event. I …