I set to hike the 4100-foot ascent of Half Dome in Yisemite. I was drewn to this destination by its beauty, a beauty not because it was perfact, but because it was imperfact.Half Dome's shape is unforgettably distinctive because it's broken. If it were whole it would lose its uniqueness. The spirit-building message wasn't lost on me. Just because I wasn't perfect didn't mean I couldn't stand as tall and mighty as anyone else