If you want to change the way you feel then change your perspective.. I was told that I had cancer in November 2022. But even though all the visible indicators were that of cancer, the results of 1 surgical biopsy and 2 needle biopsies were negative. From one perspective I was happy to hear “no…
Life can be tough and it’s sometimes easier to do nothing than to do something. For many years exercise was a bad word in my vocabulary. I would do almost anything to get out of any form of exercise – that doesn’t mean that I was lazy. Quite the opposite – I was and still…
Whether you see the glass as half full or half empty, the quantity of liquid within it remains the same. The big difference is our perspective. We can mourn the fact that half of the liquid has gone and that there is “only” half left…or we can celebrate the enjoyment we had drinking the first…
I’m fully employed and have been for the last 44 years. I have travelled the world in Economy class and Business class and had many job titles. I have held a “Senior Director” title for more than 7 years and I am highly respected throughout the company. I’m not boasting – these are all facts,…
My weight has been steadily increasing for the last year. I have no problem losing weight and keeping weight off. I have examples to prove it. In earlier blog posts I talk about my 50 pound weight loss and the daily exercise I carried out for more than 2 years. Life was going well –…
Leading by example is an admirable quality. I feel really proud of myself when people look at me and say “You work so hard”. “You work so many hours per week”. “You are so kind and supportive to your team members” “You never take a day off unless you are almost on your deathbed”. This…
Not all days are good days…but in every day you can find something positive. Yesterday wasn’t easy. Was it the worst day of my life ? NO definitely not. Could it have been better ? Yes! Some days ago in my blog titled “Close to the Edge…”I committed to follow my own self defined routine……
Being alone is not the same as being lonely. For a big part of my life I have thought of myself as a loner. I didn’t need anyones company except for that of my wife and children. This may have come about because we have lived in foreign countries most of our married life and…
It’s 07:00 am. The beginning of my second week of transformation. As soon as the alarm went off at 06:30 am I got out of bed. No snooze…no “just 5 minutes more” – UP! 5 minutes later I was outside in the cold Autumn morning air. As I started my walk I looked back on…
It sounds easy for someone who can walk, talk, swim, jog, eat…..BUT it isn’t easy for me. I didn’t realize that I had a hard time doing it until I went to my first Yoga session earlier this week. Since early in my cancer journey (..there’s that ‘j’ word again…I don’t like it, but I…