Who wouldn’t want the exhilarating high of overcoming one of life’s most ominous challenges? Rock climbers take on foreboding cliffs. Runners surpass marathons and triathlons to ultramarathons, pushing their bodies beyond reasonable limitations. Some summit mountains while others pursue cerebral peaks such as chess tournaments or higher level of education. Why the push? Why the drive? We press forward or die trying. The alternative, remaining stagnant, not pressing forward, not trying, is a more painful death than the first for then we are perpetually haunted by the notion of what might have been.