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A lecturer when explaining stress management to an audience,
Raised a glass of water and asked
'How heavy is this glass of water?'

Answers called out ranged from 20g to 500g.

The lecturer replied, 'The absolute weight doesn't matter.
It depends on how long you try to hold it.

If I hold it f or a minute, that's not a problem.

If I hold it for an hour, I'll have an ache in my right arm.

If I hold it for a day, you'll have to call an ambulance.

In each case, it's the same weight, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes.'

He continued,

'And that's the way it is with stress management.

If we carry our burdens all the time, sooner or later,

As the burden becomes increasingly heavy,

We won't be able to carry on. '

'As with the glass of water,

You have to put it down for a while and rest before holding it again.

When we're refreshed, we can carry on with the burden.'

'So, before you return home tonight, put the burden of work down.

Don't carry it home.

You can pick it up tomorrow.

Whatever burdens you're carrying now,

Let them down for a moment if you can.'

So, my friend, Put down anything that may be a burden to you right now.

Don't pick it up again until after you've rested a while.

Here are some great ways of dealing with the burdens of life:

* Accept that some days you're the pigeon,
And some days you're the statue..

* Always keep your words soft and sweet,
Just in case you have to eat them.

* Always   wear stuff that will make you look good
If you die in the middle of it.

* Drive carefully. It's not only cars that can be
"Recalled" by their maker.

* If you can't be kind, at least have the decency to be vague.

* If you lend someone $20 and never see that person again,
It was probably worth it.

* It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply to be kind to others.

* Never put both feet in your mouth at the same time,
Because then you won't have a leg to stand on.

* Nobody cares if you can't dance well.
Just get up and dance.

* Since it's the early worm that gets eaten by the bird, sleep late.

* The second mouse gets the cheese.

* When everything's coming your way,
You're in the wrong lane.

* Birthdays are good for you.
The more you have, the longer you live.

* You may be only one person in the world,
But you may also be the world to one person.

* Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once.

* We could learn a lot from crayons... Some are sharp, some are pretty and some are dull. Some have weird names, and all are different colors, but they all have to live in the same box..


*A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour.  

Have an awesome day and know that someone has thought about you today...I did.



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Comments

  • uniquely-ironic said on Aug 25, 2009....
    love this post!  several of the suggestions are very apt and applicable to me.  Thank you for sharing this.
  • Hegemone said on Aug 25, 2009....
    This is such a good post and comes with perfect timing for me and my mind.  I think I'm going to take a little of this into consideration today and start making a habit of it.
  • mixednuts said on Aug 25, 2009....
    I feel like that glass of water being held for to long!
  • UnicornForm said on Aug 25, 2009....
    n i thought that yall would like it! for i enjo reading similar life lesson posts on here. I needed it to trust me.
     
    and mixed...why? Because of me?
  • mixednuts said on Aug 25, 2009....
    I trust you!
  • UnicornForm said on Aug 26, 2009....
    i trust u 2
  • quietone said on Aug 27, 2009....
    I loved that glass of water theory.  good post! 
  • UnicornForm said on Aug 27, 2009....
    yea have you heard of the glass of rock theory?

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