Operation Asset
johndabell You are your biggest critic. You are also your biggest asset. The most valuable thing in your life is your life and this needs looking after. Good self-care is physical,…
2024
You Are The Chief Morale Officer
Keeping your morale in an upright position is your responsibility, no one else’s. You can look to others for a mood boost and to help fine tune your mindset but…
Cancer And Symmachy
You are not alone. You might feel abandoned and alienated with cancer but you definitely aren’t isolated. You are not a lone soldier. I have found that social media platforms…
Cancer And The Bread And Cheese Friend
A bread and cheese friend is someone who will stick with you through thick and thin. This is the person who is a true friend who doesn’t let you down.…
Remember To Carpe Noctem
We are often told to carpe diem. And we should. We need to seize, pick, pluck, gather, tear off and enjoy whatever the day presents us with. From a poem…
Cancer And Eucatastrophe
On a personal level, cancer is catastrophic. We all know the devastation it brings but sometimes, just sometimes, there is an unexpected twist in the tale and there is a…
Agathism Is A Good Call
You might not be an optimist. You might not be a pessimist. You might therefore occupy the middle ground between the two. If that’s you, then you’ll be an agathist.…
Getting In A Tizz With Cancer
Tizita is an Amharic word that means a bittersweet remembrance and longing for a time, person, or thing gone by. Cancer survivors will know this feeling well. When I was…
Cancer And Gaman
If you have the ability to persevere and tolerate things that are unexpected or bad, difficult to get through then you display gaman. Gaman is the art of perseverance and…
Optimisium Discovered On High
I recently announced on social media that a new chemical element has been discovered: Optimisium. I discovered this myself 135m in the air riding inside the London Eye. This makes…