Lessons from Everest - and life - about hope, fear, challenges, and how to manage it all as we approach the new year.

The K2 expedition of 1953 was a lesson in teamwork and courage, and hold many messages for us to draw upon today.

Fear. We can let it consume us with certainty of failure — and failure we become — or we can turn it into focus, walk across that ladder, and embrace all we can be, all we want to be.

Dogs can - and do - teach us much about the world and how to live in it. One of the greatest lessons is acceptance of impermanence and living in the present.