whatever it is given without any if and
buts it is fragile and gets strong at
the same exact time maintaining a rental
hygiene as necessary in order for us to
conduct ourselves properly there are
four components that I believe can help
maintain our mental temples the first
one mean it’s a discipline upon
awakening our minds feel like a mush
banana this is a time where we were more
susceptible to negative elements without
filter having a good and healthy daily
morning ritual can help turn that mush
banana into an apple from the Garden of
Eden
every morning I like to recite to myself
a list of positive affirmations I
figured that if I gave myself strength
in the beginning of the day I will be
able to handle whatever trials and
tribulations not throwing me there after
I also like to listen to positive upbeat
music music for the soul is what I
embrace songs like good kisser by Usher
and top of the world by Robin Thicke
feed me energy that I cannot waste the
combination of positive affirmations and
music gives me the ability to avoid the
negativity the next component the mental
hygiene are foods that we eat food is
necessary to our survival and it is also
very delicious chocolate burgers nachos
you name it I mean it the kinds of foods
that we do make a difference though
there’s a film made years ago called
supersize me and in the film Morgan
Spurlock does a 30-day experiment where
he eats nothing but we Donnell’s imagine
eating McDonald’s for 30 days straight
the adolescents of the world would
probably go crazy for join right now
he was eating Big Macs McDowell’s mcribs
McChicken flurries by the end of the
experiment he was deemed the mchugh Minh
his daily health and functioning were
depleted for all the McDonnells that he
was eating the foods that we eat can
affect us both mentally and physically
the old saying you are what you eat
holds a lot of weight no pun intended
when you give yourself a healthy diet it
gives you a healthy mind the third
component of Mental Hygiene are the
friends a we surround ourselves with our
friends have the ability to bring us up
keep it stagnant or bring us down our
inner circle is who we confide in the
most these are people that share our
thoughts in the past I’ve had to
distance myself away from certain
friends because I saw at the friendships
were becoming detrimental to me through
the process of letting go I was able to
obtain new friendships friendships that
had trust honesty respect I was able to
obtain healthier relationships you are
the some of the five friends used to
find yourself with make sure that you
choose wisely the final component of
Mental Hygiene is our environment this
is the culmination of our livelihood
good and bad environments produce good
and bad results someone of this born
into wealth is less likely to understand
poverty same thing goes with someone’s
born into poverty this is all that they
can relate to our environments play a
role in how we are shaped as individuals
I’ve been lucky enough to attend a
University where I can cultivate my
future without the resources that my
schools had to offer I would not be in a
position that I’m in today when you put
your
self in a good environment it opens you
up to new horizons keep these four
components in mind because with them
your mental hygiene will be just fine I
want to extend an invitation to you all
this invitation is personal this is the
invitation to your life the past is gone
the present is now in the future well
the future will indeed come thank you [Applause]