I was at Singtel as they celebrate World Mental Health for the whole month of October.
I knew their mascot was Care Bears, and I secretly hoped to see one when I was there.
Guess what?
I saw 4 of them ๐ Wishes do come true ๐
1๏ธโฃ ๐๐ผ ๐ฌ๐ผ๐ ๐๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐?
Each little bear is skilled in a significant way:
+ Each bear embodies a common human emotion
+ It enables people to relate to one another on that shared feeling.
+ The Bears represent a unique way to tell someone. โI know how you are feelingโฆ I have felt that way before, too.โ
2๏ธโฃ ๐ ๐๐๐ด๐ฒ ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ด.
Being invited as the closing keynote speaker for Singtel’s World Mental Health Month is both a privilege and a responsibility for our RISEUP Movement.
This topic resonated with me dearly after I walked out from the three years of my life’s darkest hours.
Behind every significant movement is a group of Avengers who put their superpower together to make this possible.
3๏ธโฃ ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐๐ฒ๐น ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ๐
These people are super serious about Mental Health ๐ช
When you take a movement seriously, you rally people, activate resources and make a vision a reality.
A huge shout-out to Aileen Tan and her Avengers team, Elouise Chin, Alyssa Than-Stark (MBPsS), and many others who pulled all these together, which is a big feat ๐
And yes!
A big kudos to Kuan Moon Yuen, Group CEO at Singtel, who backs up the team, shows up, walks the ground with the Care Bears, and connects with the people.
4๏ธโฃ ๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฌ๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ป ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ
^ Mental health is a daily journey, perhaps for some, a daily battle.
^ Mental health is a storm that sometimes we canโt walk away.
^ Mental health is a storm that will teach us more than we know ourselves.
But through the storm, we learned how to be human again.
When you are in a storm, remember to;
# Take care of yourself by putting on the raincoat of support.
# Switching on the torchlight of hope (do reach out for help)
# Look into the storm and say, this is not the end of my story.
๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ง๐ข๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ง๐ข ๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐
This is ๐๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ต@๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐๐จ๐ฃ signing off
May You ๐ง๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ, ๐๐น๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ In The Brand New World.
