I was offered a screen test for a business show on Japanese TV. I did it for a laugh, really, and I got the job. It turned out to be a pretty brave yet brilliant decision.

Survival is the ability to swim in strange water.

The only thing we have to fear is the FEAR itself.

Charles de Foucauld, the found of the Little Brothers of Jesus, wrote a single sentence that's ahad a profound impact on my life. He said, "The one thing we owe absolutely to God is never to be afraid of anything." Never to be afraid of anything, even death, which, after all, is but that final breakthrough into the open, waiting, outstretched arms of Abba.

Winston Churchill said it well: "Success is never final; failure is never fatal. It is courage that counts.

Have courage" therefore means "Let your center speak.

We are called to be fearless people in a fearful world.

Have courage," we often say to one another. Courage is a spiritual virtue. The word courage comes from the Latin word cor, which means "heart. A courageous act is an act coming from the heart. A courageous word is a word arising from the heart. The heart, however, is not just the place where our emotions are located. The heart is the centre of our being, the centre of all thoughts, feelings, passions, and decisions.

What a different aspect will courage put upon the face of things!

The lesson for Joshua was clear: walking with God was not about a method; it was about a relationship. Earlier

an utterly fearless man is a far more dangerous comrade than a coward.

I love to sail forbidden seas and land on barbarous coasts.