When faced with life's toughest circumstances, how should we respond: as an optimist, a realist or something else? In an unforgettable talk, explorer Mark Pollock and human rights lawyer Simone George explore the tension between acceptance and hope in times of grief — and share the groundbreaking work they're undertaking to cure paralysis.
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I AM SO EARLY
This is kinda depressing
“He ,who has a why to live,can bear with almost any How”
-nietzsche
Victor Gpz Love that!
Not excactly correct.. It’s a citation by Viktor Frankl which has come from a bigger sentence of Niezsche that goes further than that.
Victor Gpz
And that book is amazingly written… MAN SEARCH FOR MEANING
I hope with Medical Advances, He will regain Sight and Have his Spinal Cord repaired. I think its a major possibility in his lifetime.
7:47 That’s so romantic — that woman deserves a medal of honor! 😛 (Y)
13:10 This reminds me of Mantis Exo rules!! (Y)
She does, but I would bet $$ she’d say she doesn’t need one, want one or deserve one. She did this for love, and just wants him alive and better even if just for a moment. A beautiful love story
Better love story than Twilight and 50 Shades Of Gray COMBINED.
Truly said
毎回思うけど日本語の字幕が欲しい…
I truly admire them their love goes hand in hand with their strength and endeavors
This is inspiring to me.
Omg this is amazing, it needs to be everywhere
LuLu Bell That’s exactly what I think!
It’s about time for Ted to do a talk
My best wishes
Big Inspiration
“The Tension between Acceptance and Hope”
That should be your book title.
You walk the talk better than anyone!
absolutely, so grateful, so inspired
“Acceptance is knowing that grief is a raging river and that we have to jump into it” — my eyes were a raging river! What a powerful story.
Strangely enough, I can connect with this on a certain level. I’m a young man that has, unfortunately, had to experience cancer twice. The first time was a bit rough because it was in my femur and was completely unexpected, but relatively easy to fix. This most recent second time that I’m still trying to deal with is a bit more complicated because it’s located inside my rib bones. In the beginning, I was in a wonderful relationship with a girl that chose to stick with me after we found out the news, even after I had given her a “free pass” to leave if she wanted. The road has been treacherous. Though I know that others have it much worse, I’ve never been through anything quite like this, so it’s one of the worse things for me to go through. Having that special someone with you along the way…the surgeries, the chemotherapy, the countless specialist appointments and frequent long-term hospital stays, just, the “everything else” that goes along with dealing with a challenge of this nature or any health-related issue really does spark hope and inspires the drive the get well.
Unfortunately, for me, she ended up leaving me in the thick of things because it became too much for her to bear I suppose, she never did give me a reason and we haven’t spoken since…I hold no ill will towards her for it…it just, I don’t know, it kinda changed my momentum and will to get well because even though I had the endless and boundless support of my family, it just made everything else feel bleak and pointless because she was my reason to get well. Maybe it was partially my fault for putting too much in one basket, so to speak…but now I’ll probably never know. We had a special kind of a relationship and it was the one that felt like it was going to be “the-one”…but, I guess not.
My only point here that I’m trying to make is, I have a tremendous amount of heart and respect for strong women like Simone. She chose to stick by Mark and is truly in unconditional love with him and I love that, for both of them. This story is hope.
Stay strong mate
Definitely the top best Ted talk regarding relationships I’ve EVER seen. I’M SO GLAD I HAD THIS recomended.. THIS IS WHAT REAL LOVE IS ALL ABOUT.
The pain is unimaginable to imagine. My gosh.. for both of them. Applause, applause..
This is beautiful. Absolutely what we need in times like these,