Tom Daley's Challenge

STOP! DROP! AND 

Watch this great video from Tom Daley

It's Brilliant!

Thanks to our Friend, David, for sending this video to us.

In support of Mental Health Awareness Week, 

Tom teamed up with BULK POWDERS®X

to explore how he overcame 

one of the toughest challenges of his life.

Tom Daley's Challenge

YouTube Direct Link:  https://youtu.be/KjQ-4W7Yb7U

Things Tom Suggested to Overcome Anxiety

-Give yourself care and attention

-Think Positive

-Practice Mindfulness 

-Meditate

-BREATHE

-When problems arise, step back and take a fresh approach

-Face your demons head on

-Surround yourself with people who help you grow
-Keep working and remember there will be ups and downs

-Visit Our Spiritual Garden Blog

(Whoopsie! naw - he didn't say that : ) me being silly)

~*~

Relating to Tom's Video

Other people overcame stress by...

(quotes from the Happier Human website(link)

"-simplifying their lives

-learning to manage their time effectively

-doing meditation and practicing mindfulness

-creating meaningful relationships

-learning to be assertive when they were used to 

saying “yes” to the demands on their personal lives

-Reading uplifting words can also be a powerful method of keeping calm when stress threatens to overwhelm you. Words that inspire can soothe a frazzled mind and comfort the agitated soul." (Source)

I recommend visiting the Happier Human website 

and get their free PDF Book, 

"The 90-Day Gratitude Journal" (link)

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Quotes to Help Deal With Stress

Gratitude is one of the best ways to deal with stress. As Cicero said, “Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.” Gratitude brings us back to the Here and Now. Being filled with gratitude does not leave room for stress. 

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“One of the best pieces of advice I ever got was from a horse master. He told me to go slow to go fast. I think that applies to everything in life. We live as though there aren’t enough hours in the day but if we do each thing calmly and carefully we will get it done quicker and with much less stress.” 

~ Viggo Mortensen

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“Smile, breathe, and go slowly.”

~Thich Nhat Hanh

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“You don’t have to control your thoughts. 

You just have to stop letting them control you.”

“Resistance creates suffering. 

Stress happens when your mind resists what is. 

The only problem in your life is 

your mind’s resistance to life as it unfolds.” 

~ Dan Millman

~*~

“You can’t always control what goes on outside. 

But you can always control what goes on inside.”

~Wayne Dyer

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“Its not stress that kills us, 

it is our reaction to it.” 

~ Hans Selye

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“Our anxiety does not come 

from thinking about the future, 

but from wanting to control it.” 

~ Kahlil Gibran

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“Sometimes 

the most important thing in a whole day 

is the rest taken between two deep breaths.”

~Etty Hillesum

~*~

“Do not anticipate trouble, 

or worry about what may never happen. 

Keep in the sunlight.”

~Benjamin Franklin

~*~

Resistance is Futile

Just go with the Flow

~me : )

STAR TREK WISDOM: 051519

Star Trek Wisdom

"Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, 
Or what's a heaven for?" ~Robert Browning

The dialogue below is from Season 3 Episode 16 from the TV show, Star Trek: The Next Generation. The episode is entitled, "The Offspring", which is one of my favorite episodes. In this episode, Data, a self-aware, sapient, sentient and anatomically fully functional android has designed and built an offspring. His offspring is an adult android daughter named, Lal. Lal notices that her father aspires to be more human. She wonders why he does this since he will never be able to be fully human because he lacks emotions. As Lal gets to know the humans on board ship, she realizes that the android's struggle to become more human  is 'futile'.  ;  )

Here's the discussion between Lal and Data:

"Lal: "I watch them (humans), and I can do the things they do, but I will never feel the emotions. I'll never know love."

Data: "It is a limitation we must learn to accept, Lal."

Lal: "Then why do you still try to emulate Humans? What purpose does it serve except to remind you that you are incomplete?"

Data: "I have asked myself that, many times, as I have struggled to be more Human. Until I realized, it is the struggle itself that is most important. We must strive to be more than we are, Lal. It does not matter that we will never reach our ultimate goal. The effort yields its own rewards."

Lal: "You are wise, father."

Data:"It is the difference between knowledge and experience."

(Source)

My Thoughts:

I love finding gems of wisdom in the scripts from the movies and television. I found great meaning in Data's answer to Lal in this scene:

"...it is the struggle itself that is most important. We must strive to be more than we are, Lal. It does not matter that we will never reach our ultimate goal. The effort yields its own rewards."

What a meaningful passage! This is so true for us "Humans", as well. We are all incomplete in that we can always aspire to be better, wiser, more loving, etc.  It is not important to reach our ultimate goal. The goal is not all that important. It is what we become through the struggle that is most important. That is why I think it is important to reach for the stars - our reach should exceed our grasp. Sure, we may never achieve some goals, but we will grow so much more through the effort. This is not to say that we shouldn't have other goals that are within our grasp. We should, but we would do well to have some goals that are beyond us. It is a way for us to grow stronger and more expansive in our experience. So as we journey through life, let us seek new challenges and strive to be more by reaching to grasp what we are incapable of grasping. Let us strive to be more than we are.

I may not have reached the goal
but look how much further I goed.
: )