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Run the Risk, Reap the Reward 7/7: God Rested on the Seventh Day, Maybe You Should Too?: Slow Down Sunday · Dr. Derek H. Suite MD - The SuiteSpot

• 0:06
  Speaker 1: Greetings and welcome.
• 0:07
  Speaker 1: Welcome back to the Sweet Spot.
• 0:09
  Speaker 1: Beautiful Souls, today is Slowdown Sunday.
• 0:11
  Speaker 1: I'm your host, dr Derek Sweet.
• 0:13
  Speaker 1: As you know, I'm a board-certified psychiatrist.
• 0:16
  Speaker 1: I specialize in sports psychiatry and high performance.
• 0:21
  Speaker 1: You know we've had a great week, haven't we, with this Run the Risk, reap, the Rewards series.
• 0:27
  Speaker 1: We've had a week of bold moves, deep trust and courageous action.
• 0:33
  Speaker 1: But today we're going to slow it down.
• 0:37
  Speaker 1: After all, it's Slow Down Sunday Today.
• 0:40
  Speaker 1: I want you to exhale, to take a moment and relax, because here's the truth Rest is not the opposite of risk.
• 0:53
  Speaker 1: Just because we've been doing a run the risk, reap, the reward series doesn't mean we don't get to talk about rest on Slow Down Sunday.
• 1:04
  Speaker 1: Rest is not the opposite of risk.
• 1:09
  Speaker 1: It's actually what makes risk sustainable.
• 1:10
  Speaker 1: Resting is a prerequisite for you to be able to take the right kinds of calculated risks you need to take.
• 1:19
  Speaker 1: One of the issues when you go to Vegas and you're gambling is that they're counting on you to be tired, because when you're tired in Vegas and you're gambling, you're not going to make great judgments, you're not going to make great decisions.
• 1:36
  Speaker 1: You need to be rested or you can lose everything.
• 1:39
  Speaker 1: And even if you're rested, you can lose everything.
• 1:41
  Speaker 1: So it's better to be rested.
• 1:42
  Speaker 1: Rest is not the opposite of risk, my friends.
• 1:45
  Speaker 1: It's what makes risk your ability to take risks possible.
• 1:51
  Speaker 1: And if you need permission to slow down, if you're ever struggling to figure out how do I do it, here's what I'm you on.
• 2:00
  Speaker 1: Slow Down Sunday.
• 2:01
  Speaker 1: Look up, check out the universe.
• 2:05
  Speaker 1: Yeah, the universe, the universe, as vast as it is, as fierce as it is, as powerful as it is, it's never in a rush.
• 2:19
  Speaker 1: You don't even feel the earth rotating on its axis.
• 2:24
  Speaker 1: Galaxies form over billions of years and we have no clue or concept.
• 2:30
  Speaker 1: Stars take so much time to be born.
• 2:33
  Speaker 1: The light that we're seeing, the fastest thing we know, still moves at this measured pace and we don't even feel its movement.
• 2:44
  Speaker 1: And this whole thing in the universe about black holes I'm not sure if you're familiar with them measured pace and we don't even feel its movement.
• 2:45
  Speaker 1: And this whole thing in the universe about black holes I'm not sure if you're familiar with them.
• 2:49
  Speaker 1: They're one of the most powerful forces in the universe.
• 2:53
  Speaker 1: At the core of this immense, powerful force is something called the event horizon.
• 3:00
  Speaker 1: It's a boundary where time itself literally slows down.
• 3:05
  Speaker 1: Yeah, the universe is not in a rush.
• 3:09
  Speaker 1: The cosmos is not frenetic and frantic.
• 3:12
  Speaker 1: It expands and contracts patiently, steadily, purposefully.
• 3:18
  Speaker 1: You ever watch a plant growing?
• 3:21
  Speaker 1: You don't even know.
• 3:22
  Speaker 1: One day you come up and you're like whoa, how did this thing get so huge?
• 3:26
  Speaker 1: You don't even see it or feel it.
• 3:29
  Speaker 1: So what is it about us that makes us think that we have to rush to get things done faster, quicker, speedier?
• 3:38
  Speaker 1: I'll tell you what I think.
• 3:41
  Speaker 1: What happens is that I don't know about you, but for me, slowing down can feel risky, especially if you're used to being the strong one, the productive one.
• 3:51
  Speaker 1: We live in a society that puts so much value on being strong, productive, fast, quick.
• 3:58
  Speaker 1: Look when you get on your phone, you want things to move and if you're the one that's always pulling things together, you keep it moving, especially if you're the one that always holds it together.
• 4:13
  Speaker 1: You don't feel like you have the permission, but sometimes the boldest thing you can do, my friend, the boldest thing you can do, is to stop moving, to rest, to listen to what comes up for you.
• 4:31
  Speaker 1: When you're resting, when you're tuning in to yourself, rest is a communication.
• 4:38
  Speaker 1: When you're resting, you know what you're saying.
• 4:41
  Speaker 1: I trust the work I've done.
• 4:43
  Speaker 1: I believe in a timing that's bigger than mine.
• 4:48
  Speaker 1: I trust the bigger picture.
• 4:50
  Speaker 1: I don't need to earn my worth and feel like I'm somebody only when I'm exhausted.
• 4:59
  Speaker 1: You know, in the scripture, in the ancient wisdom, they always have a way of telling us, or modeling for us, what we need to know.
• 5:20
  Speaker 1: In Genesis, I was struck by this.
• 5:24
  Speaker 1: In Genesis, I was struck by this.
• 5:29
  Speaker 1: On the seventh day, after God had finished creating the universe, doing all that work he'd been doing, he rested, he rested I mean, god rested.
• 5:50
  Speaker 1: So even the creator of the galaxies took time to pause.
• 5:53
  Speaker 1: What is it about us?
• 5:57
  Speaker 1: What is it about us that can't do that?
• 6:06
  Speaker 1: So today, my friend, I am going to ask you to follow another ancient dictum, another ancient phrase be still.
• 6:15
  Speaker 1: Be still and know God.
• 6:18
  Speaker 1: Know that God exists, know that God has got your back.
• 6:23
  Speaker 1: Be still, choose stillness today on purpose.
• 6:28
  Speaker 1: Unplug without guilt, breathe without multitasking.
• 6:34
  Speaker 1: While you're doing it, sit under the sky, take one sacred moment to do nothing and feel everything.
• 6:44
  Speaker 1: There's a saying moment to do nothing and feel everything.
• 6:50
  Speaker 1: There's a saying do nothing and accomplish everything.
• 6:56
  Speaker 1: You're not falling behind, you're moving in the rhythm with the universe itself.
• 6:59
  Speaker 1: It gets everything done, this universe.
• 7:03
  Speaker 1: The sun rises in the morning, it sets in the evening, the moon comes out at night, the oxygen is sitting around waiting for you to breathe.
• 7:12
  Speaker 1: The light and the dark, everything is happening in a rush.
• 7:17
  Speaker 1: That's your message, that's your cue, because in stillness you'll find your true self.
• 7:26
  Speaker 1: In stillness you'll find answers.
• 7:28
  Speaker 1: In silence, stillness and surrender.
• 7:30
  Speaker 1: We've talked about this weeks ago.
• 7:32
  Speaker 1: It's so important for you.
• 7:34
  Speaker 1: Remember the quote we talked about I forget who said it that everything will work again, even if you unplug it.
• 7:44
  Speaker 1: Everything will work again, even if you unplug it.
• 7:52
  Speaker 1: You've really got to unplug yourself and even if you've done that, you'll work again.
• 8:06
  Speaker 1: But you know, I think what happens I don't know about you.
• 8:10
  Speaker 1: What happens to me is I feel as if I've unplugged, that I've done something wrong, and I'm here to tell you that you will work again, even if you've unplugged.
• 8:24
  Speaker 1: Because around here, when we unplug, we know we're risking.
• 8:29
  Speaker 1: We're risking boldly.
• 8:31
  Speaker 1: When we unplug, we are moving bravely.
• 8:34
  Speaker 1: When we unplug and when we rest, we know that it sets up our ability to take risks and, like we've been saying all week, when we run the risk, we reap the reward.
• 8:54
  Speaker 1: You've earned this pause.
• 8:57
  Speaker 1: You've earned this ability to unplug today.
• 9:00
  Speaker 1: Beautiful soul, thank you for listening, thank you for being a part of this, and I'll see you next week right here on the Sweet Spot.
• 9:10
  Speaker 1: Stay legendary, my friend, stay amazing.
• 9:14
  Speaker 1: Keep the faith, trust, give yourself the rest and we'll go at it again.
• 9:21
  Speaker 1: I'll be right here with you.
• 9:22
  Speaker 1: Love and blessings.
• 9:25
  Speaker 1: This is Dr Sweet.
• 9:26
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• 9:34
  Speaker 1: More than anything, I'd love for you to share it with someone who might need to hear this message.
• 9:40
  Speaker 1: Until then, run your risk and reap your reward.