It occurs to me that life isn’t supposed to be easy, it’s the most wonderful thing in the world so why would it be? The best things in life you have to fight for and it’s the battle that makes the difference to how it tastes at the end. The people in this world for…
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Motivation for the weekend: The world needs more brave souls.
More specifically courage is the ability to recognise your fear, understand what is scaring you, comprehend why it is and then blindly ignore it and do it anyway. Doing it anyway is the application of rationality with a healthy acceptance of what will be will be, over what is stopping you. Society has developed because…
Do you like you?
I was struck this week by the notion that throughout my life I have done things that I am not proud of and I think that that is part of growing up. However the most startling revelation is that before I was ill I’m not sure I would have wanted to be friends with me….
Not older just stronger
Today I turned 38 and I realised this morning that I have spent the best part of a quarter of my life in and out of battles with Cancer. Or more specifically I have spent a quarter of my life kicking Cancer’s ass. It has been a battle that has not been without casualties but…
Thought for the week – Inner Strength
I never really considered myself a strong person until I had to be and I suppose that’s really the point of inner strength. How are you supposed to know that there are untapped resources of resolve and resilience if you have never had to tap into them before? When I found mine there wasn’t a…
It’s Value for Life not for Value for Money
Having started training in the gym again in an earnest attempt to recover physically and mentally from this third Cancer it occurred to me, as I watched a man squat yesterday whilst chatting away on his Blue tooth earpiece, that you’ll only get out what you put in. To the gym, to your job, to…
Motivation Tuesday – Scarred not scared
It was a Bank Holiday here yesterday so I’m a day out, I’m sorry. Anyway over the weekend I went to the Swimming Pool and for the first time in my life I felt self conscious of my scars. Up to now I always adhered to the idea that: “Bones heal and chicks dig scars”…
Be more Beaver
I know Survivorship and health is serious but when I talk about Thriving it’s about taking the most out of life and frankly I defy anyone to look at this picture and to not smile a little bit. So although there might be not much to smile about today or tomorrow there will be soon…
Motivation Monday and a thought for your week
Despite the amount of time I have spent in the gym, chasing the black line in the pool or pounding the roads my will has not been defined by that it has been defined by my response to adversity. Have a great week.
Thought for the week – Three choices
Throughout all my battles both physical and mental I have been destroyed, defined and strengthened by what has happened. However it has taught me some valuable lessons: WIthout destruction there can be no rebuilding; stronger and better. Without definition the edges and margins become blurred and you lose sight of what is important. Without strengthening…
Thought for the day: Life’s not easy
It seems my life so far has not been easy, however it has been worth it. Yes I have had Cancer three times but I have taken more from it than it has from me. I have a great life and I will continue to make the most of every day because a rich, varied…
Thought for the day: You are where you are.
Yes life hasn’t turned out the way I had imagined. You know what though that’s the hand I’ve been dealt; no amount of complaining will make that any different. My past is formed, tomorrow is mine to shape.
Jonathan Thriving 