| 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 for 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:
1. Accept that some days you're the
pigeon, and some days you're the statue.
2. Always keep your words soft and
sweet, just in case you have to eat them.
3. Always read stuff that'll make you
look good if you die in the middle of it.
4. Drive carefully. It's not only
cars that can be recalled by their maker.
5. If you can't be kind, at least
have the decency to be vague.
6. If you lend someone $20 and never
see that person again, it was probably
worth it.
7. It may be that your sole purpose
in life is simply be kind to others.
8. Never put both feet in your mouth
at the same time, because then you won't
have a leg to stand on.
9. Nobody cares if you can't dance
well. Just get up and dance.
10. Since it's the early worm that
gets eaten by the bird, sleep late.
11. The second mouse gets the cheese.
12. When everything's coming your way,
you're in the wrong lane.
13. Birthdays are good for you. The
more you have, the longer you live.
14. You may be only one person in the
world, but you may also be the world to
one person.
15. Some mistakes are too much fun to
only make once.
16. 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.
17. A truly happy person is one who
can enjoy the scenery on a detour.
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