200 Reasons Why I’m Here
johndabell I’m not here to…… I’m not here to complain, I’m here to contribute I’m not here to wait for optimism, I’m here to create it I’m not here to hide…
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Optimism Is Contagious — But You Have to Be Willing to Catch It
They say optimism is contagious – and it is. But like any contagion, it needs a willing host. Optimism won’t spread where misery is on life support. You can be…
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.…
The Hope Opera
Hope can be an elusive concept. It can be there one minute and gone the next. Some say that it constant but for many, hope ebbs and flows. For others,…
Cancer And ‘2am Courage’
If you were woken up at 2 o’clock in the morning with a ‘battlefield emergency’, would you be scared witless? Or would you look at the challenge in front of…
Optimism As A Prophylactic
Prophylactic, or preventive, healthcare has an important role in helping us stay healthy. In medicine, the term prophylactic is used to describe procedures and treatments that prevent something from happening.…
Donate Your Mental Wealth
There are lots of things that you can donate. Money is the obvious one. A philanthropic act works wonders and you don’t need to be a billionaire to make a…
Be A Mojo Spreader
We’ve all lost it at some stage. Some of us might still be looking for it. But when you’ve got it, you feel it in your bones. You feel great.…
Cancer And The Self-Contract
I was recently asked how I motivate myself on the days when I don’t really feel like going for a walk outside. It’s a good question because it gets to…
Being A Hope-aholic
Hello, my name is John and I’m a hope-aholic. It has been 2 minutes since my last hopeful thought. “Hope-aholic” (n.). Someone who never loses hope and has an unshakable…