Hope can be imagined as a domino effect, a chain reaction, each increment making the next increase more feasible... There are moments of fear and doubt that can deflate it.
Even when there is no longer hope for the body, there is always hope for the soul. - Jerome Groopman
Even when there is no longer hope for the body, there is always hope for the soul.
- Jerome Groopman
True hope is cleareyed. It sees all the difficulties that exist and all the potential for failure, but through that carves a realistic path to a bett… - Jerome Groopman
True hope is cleareyed. It sees all the difficulties that exist and all the potential for failure, but through that carves a realistic path to a bett…
Help, then, is the ballast that keeps us steady, that recognizes where along the path are the dangers and pitfalls that can throw us off; hope temper… - Jerome Groopman
Help, then, is the ballast that keeps us steady, that recognizes where along the path are the dangers and pitfalls that can throw us off; hope temper…
The freedom of patient speech is necessary if the doctor is to get clues about the medical enigma before him. If the patient is inhibited, or cut off… - Jerome Groopman
The freedom of patient speech is necessary if the doctor is to get clues about the medical enigma before him. If the patient is inhibited, or cut off…
Hope gives us the courage to confront our circumstances and the capacity to surmount them. - Jerome Groopman
Hope gives us the courage to confront our circumstances and the capacity to surmount them.
False hope can lead to intemperate choices and flawed decision making. True hope takes into account the real threats that exist and seeks to navigate… - Jerome Groopman
False hope can lead to intemperate choices and flawed decision making. True hope takes into account the real threats that exist and seeks to navigate…
To hope under the most extreme circumstances is an act of defiance that permits a person to live his life on his own terms. It is part of the human s… - Jerome Groopman
To hope under the most extreme circumstances is an act of defiance that permits a person to live his life on his own terms. It is part of the human s…
Hope differs from optimism. Hope does not arise from being told to "think positively," or from hearing an overly rosy forecast. Hope, unlike optimism… - Jerome Groopman
Hope differs from optimism. Hope does not arise from being told to "think positively," or from hearing an overly rosy forecast. Hope, unlike optimism…
There is an authentic biology of hope. Belief and expectation - the key elements of hope - can block pain by releasing the brain's endorphins and enk… - Jerome Groopman
There is an authentic biology of hope. Belief and expectation - the key elements of hope - can block pain by releasing the brain's endorphins and enk…
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