How a 46-year-old dying man revived my hope in optimism

Optimism isn’t just about “positive thinking”; it’s the heroic way to move through life.

Courtesy of David Ferguson

I read a letter written by 46-year-old Simon Boas about his impending death from terminal throat cancer. First published in the Jersey Evening Post, then republished in The Spectator under the headline “An optimist’s guide to dying: Life lessons from cancerland”, what was so…