I want to take all of us to a sunny day
June 2014 in Southern California the
weather is nice the beach is beautiful
everyone is all smiles and it is a
beautiful day in Southern California now
we’ll be attended the graduation of an
18 year old all-american high school
prom king student-athlete big man on
campus it’s just an amazing kid now he’s
also a brother a son a grandson and a
great friend of me life after graduation
is going to be great for this kid but
let’s fast forward it’s a cold winter
day January of 2018 a tweet goes out on
Twitter please keep my family in your
prayers breaking news college football
quarterback found dead in an apartment
complex due to self-inflicted gunshot
wound now what letters from this great
day of trial and happiness to this great
day of tragedy suicide it’s the second
most common cause of death for most
college students one out of every 12
college students have a suicide plan 1 2
out of you 12 one of you has created
this very same suicide plan which means
every college football team has at least
five players who has this same plan per
every hundred thousand college students
7.5 college students commit suicide each
year
his numbers are intense all right really
his home which leads me today to come to
talk to you all about protecting your
piece and helping those and supporting
those around you to do the same now life
life is B it’s beautiful
it’s full of the unknown it’s just like
the ocean as we know the ocean is a body
of water water is the most vital liquid
that we use in our day-to-day activities
for example we use water to wash our
clothes we use water to cook we use
water to wash our pigs we easily use
water to drink now today and water
bottle with water in it but water will
represent peace and positivity today
now with this water bottle I can take it
I can toss it flip it I can shake it I
can drop it let it bounce kick it roll
even step on it now this is a visual
representation where life happens when
we all agree but the fact of the matter
remains the same when I pick this water
up it returns to its calm and natural
peaceful state now I want everyone here
today in this room it’s a value their
peace and remain calm it’s just like
water that’s easier said than done and
we all know we’re figuring out a
solution to our problem you have to find
the root of it so studies show the root
of suicide is depression and with
depression anxiety and stress leads up
to that depression
so I want to challenge you all today to
give you three techniques on how to
manage your stress
the first one is mindful meditation 18
million Americans practice mindful
meditation by practicing meditation you
reduce the chances of heart disease by
eighty seven percent and you reduce the
chances of cancer by fifty five percent
so today we’re gonna practice mindful
meditation together so I need everyone
put your feet firmly on the ground hands
in your lap I want you to focus everyone
close your eyes now you’re gonna breathe
through your nose and out your mouth on
the count of three one two three how our
breathing making sure you’re focusing on
breathing through your nose and not your
mouth if you get our trick don’t worry
focus on what happened yesterday don’t
focus what happened on today
don’t focus what happened on tomorrow
focus on the present moment staying
centered being just like water relieving
any negative comments thoughts images
that you have in your mind this is the
key to remaining peaceful
remember you may get off topic but focus
on your breathing going to take a deep
breath in and deep breath out a deep
breath in a deep breath up one more deep
breath in and a deep breath out now
everywhere over your eyes if you feel
relaxed and you feel that peace raise
your hand good good good good glad you
feel that peace all right now this leads
to my second tip
need and that is finding a support group
or person to lean on all right 53% of
Americans feel that they have someone to
confide to having positivity and
positive people around you to impart
positivity in you takes you a long way
and you never know what role you play in
someone else’s life or in their support
system
so it starts as a simple question hey
how are you doing today take the time
and wait and intently listen to hear
what they reply because you could have
went through a situation that there is
similarly or currently going through
right now and you can be able to help
them overcome that situation now when
it’s finding a support group of a person
it doesn’t have to be in person it also
be via internet so I challenge everyone
to go out and create that community
outside of here today and make sure
you’re playing a vital role in
everyone’s life and also if you need to
seek out a counselor or a therapist
please seek that support it’s nothing
wrong with now this leads to my third
and favorite technique that I use daily
[Music]
[Applause]
now y’all see how to cut a road up you
cut a road okay
alright now music along with music calls
were laughing 47% of Americans use music
to cope with stress as you see it work
for me I want you to go home and try it
yourself
now when the stress comes along in our
lives it comes at different times and
often times in current we don’t
understand how it over feels us at times
for example for me personally my most
stressful moment is figuring out what’s
going to be my caption on Instagram and
Facebook I know everybody has this
problem so you know you try to get your
angles that you try to figure out what’s
going to match that picture alright but
today I have a physical representation
or stress it’s orange ball represents
stress this glass cylinder represents
your life and water represents peace and
positivity now notice when we begin to
love stress to enter our lives it
doesn’t all come at one time and it’s
very visible and it strains on you now
the difference stressful situations that
we go through car problems financial
issues fail the test trying to graduate
health issues relationship problems all
of these just begins to pile on so
before you know it your life is full of
stress which leads to those negative
behaviors that we mentioned before it
depression anxiety and suicidal thoughts
now we take a moment to step back and
look from the back of the room we may
not be able to see this glass cylinder
but we can see these orange balls now
notice when we begin to apply the
techniques that we talked about today
plus other techniques that work for us
to our life
what happens the peace and positivity
begins to feel our life taken away those
suicidal thoughts stress anxiety
depression car issues stress would be
going look at y’all begins to leave us
and now look at that poof now we’re all
able to live a life with a clearer image
and a clear vision of what we want to do
in achieving life so today I challenge
all of you all to adopt a positive
mindset start the conversation with your
peers your loved ones your family your
friends or even your strange remember
that what you manifest in your mind will
become a reality protect your peace spray it love Thanks
June 2014 in Southern California the
weather is nice the beach is beautiful
everyone is all smiles and it is a
beautiful day in Southern California now
we’ll be attended the graduation of an
18 year old all-american high school
prom king student-athlete big man on
campus it’s just an amazing kid now he’s
also a brother a son a grandson and a
great friend of me life after graduation
is going to be great for this kid but
let’s fast forward it’s a cold winter
day January of 2018 a tweet goes out on
Twitter please keep my family in your
prayers breaking news college football
quarterback found dead in an apartment
complex due to self-inflicted gunshot
wound now what letters from this great
day of trial and happiness to this great
day of tragedy suicide it’s the second
most common cause of death for most
college students one out of every 12
college students have a suicide plan 1 2
out of you 12 one of you has created
this very same suicide plan which means
every college football team has at least
five players who has this same plan per
every hundred thousand college students
7.5 college students commit suicide each
year
his numbers are intense all right really
his home which leads me today to come to
talk to you all about protecting your
piece and helping those and supporting
those around you to do the same now life
life is B it’s beautiful
it’s full of the unknown it’s just like
the ocean as we know the ocean is a body
of water water is the most vital liquid
that we use in our day-to-day activities
for example we use water to wash our
clothes we use water to cook we use
water to wash our pigs we easily use
water to drink now today and water
bottle with water in it but water will
represent peace and positivity today
now with this water bottle I can take it
I can toss it flip it I can shake it I
can drop it let it bounce kick it roll
even step on it now this is a visual
representation where life happens when
we all agree but the fact of the matter
remains the same when I pick this water
up it returns to its calm and natural
peaceful state now I want everyone here
today in this room it’s a value their
peace and remain calm it’s just like
water that’s easier said than done and
we all know we’re figuring out a
solution to our problem you have to find
the root of it so studies show the root
of suicide is depression and with
depression anxiety and stress leads up
to that depression
so I want to challenge you all today to
give you three techniques on how to
manage your stress
the first one is mindful meditation 18
million Americans practice mindful
meditation by practicing meditation you
reduce the chances of heart disease by
eighty seven percent and you reduce the
chances of cancer by fifty five percent
so today we’re gonna practice mindful
meditation together so I need everyone
put your feet firmly on the ground hands
in your lap I want you to focus everyone
close your eyes now you’re gonna breathe
through your nose and out your mouth on
the count of three one two three how our
breathing making sure you’re focusing on
breathing through your nose and not your
mouth if you get our trick don’t worry
focus on what happened yesterday don’t
focus what happened on today
don’t focus what happened on tomorrow
focus on the present moment staying
centered being just like water relieving
any negative comments thoughts images
that you have in your mind this is the
key to remaining peaceful
remember you may get off topic but focus
on your breathing going to take a deep
breath in and deep breath out a deep
breath in a deep breath up one more deep
breath in and a deep breath out now
everywhere over your eyes if you feel
relaxed and you feel that peace raise
your hand good good good good glad you
feel that peace all right now this leads
to my second tip
need and that is finding a support group
or person to lean on all right 53% of
Americans feel that they have someone to
confide to having positivity and
positive people around you to impart
positivity in you takes you a long way
and you never know what role you play in
someone else’s life or in their support
system
so it starts as a simple question hey
how are you doing today take the time
and wait and intently listen to hear
what they reply because you could have
went through a situation that there is
similarly or currently going through
right now and you can be able to help
them overcome that situation now when
it’s finding a support group of a person
it doesn’t have to be in person it also
be via internet so I challenge everyone
to go out and create that community
outside of here today and make sure
you’re playing a vital role in
everyone’s life and also if you need to
seek out a counselor or a therapist
please seek that support it’s nothing
wrong with now this leads to my third
and favorite technique that I use daily
[Music]
[Applause]
now y’all see how to cut a road up you
cut a road okay
alright now music along with music calls
were laughing 47% of Americans use music
to cope with stress as you see it work
for me I want you to go home and try it
yourself
now when the stress comes along in our
lives it comes at different times and
often times in current we don’t
understand how it over feels us at times
for example for me personally my most
stressful moment is figuring out what’s
going to be my caption on Instagram and
Facebook I know everybody has this
problem so you know you try to get your
angles that you try to figure out what’s
going to match that picture alright but
today I have a physical representation
or stress it’s orange ball represents
stress this glass cylinder represents
your life and water represents peace and
positivity now notice when we begin to
love stress to enter our lives it
doesn’t all come at one time and it’s
very visible and it strains on you now
the difference stressful situations that
we go through car problems financial
issues fail the test trying to graduate
health issues relationship problems all
of these just begins to pile on so
before you know it your life is full of
stress which leads to those negative
behaviors that we mentioned before it
depression anxiety and suicidal thoughts
now we take a moment to step back and
look from the back of the room we may
not be able to see this glass cylinder
but we can see these orange balls now
notice when we begin to apply the
techniques that we talked about today
plus other techniques that work for us
to our life
what happens the peace and positivity
begins to feel our life taken away those
suicidal thoughts stress anxiety
depression car issues stress would be
going look at y’all begins to leave us
and now look at that poof now we’re all
able to live a life with a clearer image
and a clear vision of what we want to do
in achieving life so today I challenge
all of you all to adopt a positive
mindset start the conversation with your
peers your loved ones your family your
friends or even your strange remember
that what you manifest in your mind will
become a reality protect your peace spray it love Thanks
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