positive outlook

I never put much stock in the "keeping a positive outlook" junk. It took me a long time to realize that what I should be doing was, not letting a negative outlook overtake my daily thoughts. When I did, the disease was winning. It was beating me and I didn't even have the brain tumor. How could I help the patient live a quality life when I wasn't doing it myself. I didn't need to believe that everything was rosey, just that we could fight the disease in a positive way. And by doing so we could enjoy the good times instead of lamenting the bad.