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."
"Relax; pick them up later after you've rested. Life is yours.
Enjoy it!
And then he shared some 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 read stuff that will make you look good if you die in the
middle of it.
* It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply to serve as a
warning to others.
* Never buy a car you can't push.
* Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and
dance.
* When everything is 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.
* A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour
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